Query: llength
OS: opensolaris
Section: 1t
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llength(1T) Tcl Built-In Commands llength(1T) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________NAMEllength - Count the number of elements in a listSYNOPSISllength list _________________________________________________________________DESCRIPTIONTreats list as a list and returns a decimal string giving the number of elements in it.EXAMPLESThe 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]" 1,0SEE ALSOlist(1T), lappend(1T), lindex(1T), linsert(1T), lsearch(1T), lset(1T), lsort(1T), lrange(1T), lreplace(1T) |KEYWORDSelement, list, lengthATTRIBUTESSee attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +--------------------+-----------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +--------------------+-----------------+ |Availability | SUNWTcl | +--------------------+-----------------+ |Interface Stability | Uncommitted | +--------------------+-----------------+NOTESSource for Tcl is available on http://opensolaris.org. Tcl llength(1T)