.. _string-length:

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string-length
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The length of a string

Description
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The fn-string-length function returns an xs:integer value indicating the number 
of characters in the string. Whitespace is significant, so leading and trailing 
whitespace characters are counted.

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   * - **Parameters**
     - **Description**
   * - arg:string()
     - 

Examples
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   * - **XPath**
     - **Results**
   * - string-length('query')
     - 5
   * - string-length('  query  ')
     - 9
   * - string-length(normalize-space('  query  '))
     - 5
   * - string-length('xml query')
     - 9
   * - string-length('')
     - 0
   * - string-length(())
     - 0

See Also
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* :ref:`functx_max-line-length`.