lenb

Returns the number of bytes in an inventory attribute or string. 

Intended mainly for languages that do not use a Latin character set, such as Japanese and Chinese. If the string or inventory attribute is in a language that uses a Latin, single-byte character set, such as English, lenb returns the same value as len. 

Syntax

lenb(string)
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Parameter

string: can be any of the following:

• A String constant, such as "GDN".

• An inventory attribute or formula column that returns a string.
  Learn more about referring to inventory attributes.

Examples

• lenb(ITEM_BRAND) returns:

  • 5 if ITEM_BRAND is 慰めa

  • 8 if ITEM_BRAND is 快適な靴

• lenb("") returns 0.