uElements

Returns the number of elements in a delimited string. If the second parameter is omitted, a space (ASCII 32) is taken as a delimiter.

Syntax

integer uElements(text [, delimiter])

Parameters

string text – A string to investigate
string delimiter (optional) – The delimiter to be used. Default delimiter is a space character.

Examples

Example 1 – Count tokens in a delimited string:
```
uElements("James T. Kirk") // returns 3
```

Parent topic: Lookup

Created May 24, 2011. Send feedback on this help topic to Sybase Technical Publications: pubs@sybase.com