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$QLENGTH

M[UMPS] by Example

Introduced in the 1995 ANSI M[UMPS] language standard.

This function returns information about the number of subscripts in a name-reference.

Assume that the following references are made in this order:

Reference   Value
$Data(^|"XXX"|ABC(1,2,3,4))   0
Set X=$NAme(^(5,6))   X="^|""XXX""|ABC(1,2,3,5,6)"
$QLength(X)   "5"

Note that this function only operates on the string that contains the name of a variable. The variable that is identified in this string is never accessed by this function. Therefore, this function only affects the naked indicator if the string in question is stored in a global variable.

For additional examples of this function, see the function $NAme.

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This page most recently updated on 13-Sep-2014, 10:33:41.

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