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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