LEN — Length of a character entity#

LEN(STRING, KIND)#

Returns the length of a character string. If STRING is an array, the length of an element of STRING is returned. Note that STRING need not be defined when this intrinsic is invoked, since only the length, not the content, of STRING is needed.

Parameters

STRING – Shall be a scalar or array of type CHARACTER, with INTENT(IN)
KIND – (Optional) An INTEGER initialization expression indicating the kind parameter of the result.

Returns

The return value is of type INTEGER and of kind KIND. If KIND is absent, the return value is of default integer kind.

Standard:

Fortran 77 and later, with KIND argument Fortran 2003 and later

Class:

Inquiry function

Syntax:

L = LEN(STRING [, KIND])

Specific names:

Name	Argument	Return type	Standard
`LEN(STRING)`	`CHARACTER`	`INTEGER`	Fortran 77 and later