flatsize

Type:	-	function (subr)
Source:	-	xlfio.c, xlprin.c

Syntax

(flatsize expr)

expr - an expression
returns - the length

Description

The 'flatsize' function determines the character length that would be printed if the 'expr' were printed using prin1. This means that the 'expr' would be printed without a new-line. If 'expr' is a string, it would be printed with quotes around the string. The print character length is returned as the result.

Examples

(flatsize 1234)          ; returns 4
(flatsize '(a b c))      ; returns 7
(flatsize "abcd")        ; returns 6
(flatsize 'mybigsymbol)  ; returns 11

See the flatsize function in the XLISP 2.0 manual.

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