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<h3 class="section">9.166 <code>LEN</code> &mdash; Length of a character entity</h3>
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<dt><em>Description</em>:</dt>
<dd><p>Returns the length of a character string.  If <var>STRING</var> is an array,
the length of an element of <var>STRING</var> is returned.  Note that
<var>STRING</var> need not be defined when this intrinsic is invoked, since
only the length, not the content, of <var>STRING</var> is needed.
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<dt><em>Standard</em>:</dt>
<dd><p>Fortran 77 and later, with <var>KIND</var> argument Fortran 2003 and later
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<dt><em>Class</em>:</dt>
<dd><p>Inquiry function
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<dt><em>Syntax</em>:</dt>
<dd><p><code>L = LEN(STRING [, KIND])</code>
</p>
</dd>
<dt><em>Arguments</em>:</dt>
<dd><table>
<tr><td width="15%"><var>STRING</var></td><td width="70%">Shall be a scalar or array of type
<code>CHARACTER</code>, with <code>INTENT(IN)</code></td></tr>
<tr><td width="15%"><var>KIND</var></td><td width="70%">(Optional) An <code>INTEGER</code> initialization
expression indicating the kind parameter of the result.</td></tr>
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<dt><em>Return value</em>:</dt>
<dd><p>The return value is of type <code>INTEGER</code> and of kind <var>KIND</var>. If
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<tr><td width="20%">Name</td><td width="20%">Argument</td><td width="20%">Return type</td><td width="25%">Standard</td></tr>
<tr><td width="20%"><code>LEN(STRING)</code></td><td width="20%"><code>CHARACTER</code></td><td width="20%"><code>INTEGER</code></td><td width="25%">Fortran 77 and later</td></tr>
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