Intel® Fortran Compiler 16.0 User and Reference Guide

MBCharLen (W*S)

NLS Function: Returns the length, in bytes, of the first character in a multibyte-character string.

Module

USE IFNLS

result = MBCharLen (string)

string

(Input) Character*(*). String containing the character whose length is to be determined. Can contain multibyte characters.

Results

The result type is INTEGER(4). The result is the number of bytes in the first character contained in string. The function returns 0 if string has no characters (is length 0).

MBCharLen does not test for multibyte character validity.

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