1 1 11.1 Calculating length of strings 1 ================================== 1 1 The length of a string can be calculated by 'len': 1 1 -- Builtin: len (STRING) 1 Expands to the length of STRING, as a decimal number. 1 1 The macro 'len' is recognized only with parameters. 1 1 len() 1 =>0 1 len(`abcdef') 1 =>6 1