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NUM-ENTRIES
Returns the number of items in a list.
SYNTAX
list
A list of strings — an entry list. NUM-ENTRIES returns the number of elements in the list. Specifically, NUM-ENTRIES returns the number of delimiters plus 1, and it returns 0 if list equals double quotes (
""
).character
A delimiter you define for the list. The default is a comma (,). This allows the function to operate on a noncomma-separated list.
EXAMPLEThe following expression yields 3:
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