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llength(n) [centos man page]

llength(n)						       Tcl Built-In Commands							llength(n)

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NAME
llength - Count the number of elements in a list SYNOPSIS
llength list _________________________________________________________________ DESCRIPTION
Treats list as a list and returns a decimal string giving the number of elements in it. EXAMPLES
The result is the number of elements: % llength {a b c d e} 5 % llength {a b c} 3 % llength {} 0 Elements are not guaranteed to be exactly words in a dictionary sense of course, especially when quoting is used: % llength {a b {c d} e} 4 % llength {a b { } c d e} 6 An empty list is not necessarily an empty string: % set var { }; puts "[string length $var],[llength $var]" 1,0 SEE ALSO
list(n), lappend(n), lindex(n), linsert(n), lsearch(n), lset(n), lsort(n), lrange(n), lreplace(n) KEYWORDS
element, list, length Tcl llength(n)

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llength(3tcl)						       Tcl Built-In Commands						     llength(3tcl)

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NAME
llength - Count the number of elements in a list SYNOPSIS
llength list _________________________________________________________________ DESCRIPTION
Treats list as a list and returns a decimal string giving the number of elements in it. EXAMPLES
The result is the number of elements: % llength {a b c d e} 5 % llength {a b c} 3 % llength {} 0 Elements are not guaranteed to be exactly words in a dictionary sense of course, especially when quoting is used: % llength {a b {c d} e} 4 % llength {a b { } c d e} 6 An empty list is not necessarily an empty string: % set var { }; puts "[string length $var],[llength $var]" 1,0 SEE ALSO
list(3tcl), lappend(3tcl), lindex(3tcl), linsert(3tcl), lsearch(3tcl), lset(3tcl), lsort(3tcl), lrange(3tcl), lreplace(3tcl) KEYWORDS
element, list, length Tcl llength(3tcl)
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