FIELDSIZE() Determines the size of a field ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Syntax FIELDSIZE(<nField>) --> nLength Argument <nField> Designates the number of the field to evaluate. Returns FIELDSIZE() returns a numeric value that corresponds to the field length of a valid field number. Description Use FIELDSIZE() to determine the length (or size) of data field of desired data types. This determines the window width needed for output to appear without a line break, or the length needed for an input to automatically fit in the database. Note . If there is an invalid data field number, the function returns a value of 0. Example Determine the total length of fields 3 to 5: nLength := 0 FOR I = 3 TO 5 nLength := nLength + FIELDSIZE() NEXT
See Also: FCOUNT, FIELDNUM, FIELDNAME, FIELDTYPE, FIELDDECI, PAD, STR, DBF Structure