Text Length

$Text Length is a Text Function.

The function returns the total length of string.

Please see Pad Text for more examples.

Text: The text where the text length will be pulled from. Accepts variables and functions such as $next list item, $list item, $random list item, $previous list item, and $table cell under Text to Type.

Example 1

set(#text length, $text length("mytext"), "Global")

Running the script sets the variable to the total text length of the string.

Example 2

Use the text length function to limit the amount of characters required for a field.

For example:

ui text box("mytext", #mytext)
if($comparison($text length(#mytext), ">", 10)) {
    then {
        alert("Please enter 10 characters or less")
    }
    else {
        navigate("google.com", "Wait")
    }
} 

The following example will generate am alert to the end user if the length of the provided text in the UI is longer than required.