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llength(n)                   Tcl Built-In Commands                  llength(n)




NAME

       llength - Count the number of elements in a list


SYNOPSIS

       llength list



DESCRIPTION

       Treats list as a list and returns a decimal string giving the number of
       elements in it.



EXAMPLES

       The result is the number of elements: % llength {a b c d e} 5 % llength
       {a b c} 3 % llength {} 0

       Elements  are  not guaranteed to be exactly words in a dictionary sense
       of course, especially when quoting is used: % llength {a b {c d} e} 4 %
       llength {a b { } c d e} 6

       An  empty  list is not necessarily an empty string: % set var { }; puts
       "[string length $var],[llength $var]" 1,0



SEE ALSO

       list(n),  lappend(n),  lindex(n),  linsert(n),   lsearch(n),   lset(n),
       lsort(n), lrange(n), lreplace(n)



KEYWORDS

       element, list, length



Tcl                                                                 llength(n)

llength 8.5.4 - Generated Tue Aug 19 10:12:29 CDT 2008