length

Description

Determine the number of elements in an object

Arguments and Return Values

Arguments: A davinci object

Return Value: An integer

Usage

Syntax: length(object)

length() will return the number of lines in a text buffer, the number of elements in an array or structure.

Examples

dv> a
3x3x1 array of float, bsq format [36 bytes]
0.558329        0.100168        0.899324
0.805147        0.930234        0.535199
0.938504        0.0242239       0.597536

dv> length(a)
9

dv> b       
Text Buffer with 5 lines of text
    1: string line 1
    2: string line 2
    3: string line 3
    4: string line 4
    5: string line 5

dv> length(b)
5