length

Compability: Internet Explorer

Syntax:: characterData.length

This property is read-only and contains the length of the data string in characters.

Examples

Code:

XML:



<Albums>


    <Album ref="CD142" category="Folk">


       <title>Boil The Breakfast Early</title>


       <artist>The Chieftains</artist>


    </Album>


    <Album ref="CD720" category="Pop">


       <title>Come On Over</title>


       <artist>Shania Twain</artist>


    </Album>


    <Album ref="CD024" category="Country">


       <title>Red Dirt Girl</title>


       <artist>Emmylou Harris</artist>


    </Album>


 </Albums>



VBScript:



Set objXMLDoc = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")


 objXMLDoc.async = False


 objXMLDoc.load("albums.xml")





 Set Elem = objXMLDoc.documentElement.firstChild.firstChild.firstChild


 Length = Elem.length


 document.write(Elem.data)


 document.write("<br>Length is characters: " & Length)

Output:

Boil The Breakfast Early

Length in characters is: 24

Explanation:

This example uses the 'albums.xml' file and displays the value and length of the first 'title' element.

Primary links

XML DOM » CharacterData » length

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Language(s): VBScript XML