BYTE-LENGTH

BYTE-LENGTH

The BYTE-LENGTH function returns the size in bytes (not in characters) of a variable.

Syntax 1

function byte-length (arg-1)

Syntax 2

$byte-length (arg-1)

Arguments

• arg-1 must be a data-item.

Result

The function returns the size in bytes of arg-1.

Examples

Example - Display the size in bytes of a national data item.

working-storage section.

77 unicode-var pic n(10).

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procedure division.

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display function byte-length(unicode-var).