Previous
Previous
 
Next
Next


MAXBYTES

The MAXBYTES function counts the number of bytes in the longest line of a multiline text expression. The result returned by MAXBYTES has the same dimensions as the specified expression.

Return Value

INTEGER

Syntax

MAXBYTES(text-expression)

Parameters

text-expression

The TEXT expression whose bytes for each line are to be counted.

Examples

Finding the Length of the Longest Line Using Bytes

You would like to know the length of the longest line in a text variable called mytext. The following example shows the value of the variable and the result returned by MAXBYTES.

The statement

SHOW mytext

produces the following output.

This is a multiline text variable. 
The longest line is this one in the middle.
The third line is short.

The statement

SHOW MAXBYTES(mytext)

produces the following output.

43