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Returns the number of characters in a string or the number of bytes
required to store a variable.
 
LEN(stringexpression$)
LEN(variable)
 
    ■ stringexpression$    Any string expression.
    ■ variable             Any nonstring variable.
 
Example:
    a$ = "Microsoft QBasic"
    PRINT LEN(a$)
 
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