# MBLen (W*S)

NLS Function: Returns the number of characters in a multibyte-character string, including trailing blanks.

## Module

USE IFNLS

result = MBLen (string)

string | (Input) CHARACTER*(*). String whose characters are to be counted. Can contain multibyte characters.

## Results

The result type is INTEGER(4). The result is the number of characters in string.

MBLen recognizes multibyte-character sequences according to the multibyte codepage currently in use. It does not test for multibyte-character validity.

Parent topic: National Language Support (NLS) Library Routines

## See Also

MBLen_Trim
MBStrLead