Atari 400

LEN
Alari BASIC Reference Guide 133
CONFIGURATION
X = INT (a)
EXAMPLES
PRINT INT (13.9)
13
PRINT INT (-4.7)
-5
The LEN function returns the number of characters in a string
value or variable, including spaces and punctuation.
CONFIGURATION
X = LEN (string)
EXAMPLE
10 DIM A$(20)
20 A$ = "JONES, BILL"
30 PRINT LEN(A$)
40 PRINT LEN{"BILL JONES")
RUN
10
10
Line 10 dimensions the variable A$, and line 20 assigns A$ a string
value. Line 30 displays the numb er of characters in the variable
A$. Line 40 displa ys the number of characters in the string "BILL
JONES ".
LET (LE .)
The LET statement is optional. It is used to assign a value to a
variable.