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
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