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02-08-2005

karyn1617

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Length of a variable

Hi,
I have another question, I am very new to scripting. I am using c shell.
I am trying to get the length of a variable. Right now I am using
set var = 12
echo $#var

but the # operator isn't working, it is telling me that the length is 1 when it is obviously two....

help!

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