llength(n)

NAME
llength - Count the number of elements in a list

SYNOPSIS
llength list

DESCRIPTION

Treats list as a list and returns a decimal string giving the number of elements in it.

EXAMPLES

The result is the number of elements:

% llength {a b c d e} 5 % llength {a b c} 3 % llength {} 0

Elements are not guaranteed to be exactly words in a dictionary sense of course, especially when quoting is used:

% llength {a b {c d} e} 4 % llength {a b { } c d e} 6

An empty list is not necessarily an empty string:

% set var { }; puts "[string length $var],[llength $var]" 1,0

SEE ALSO
list(n), lappend(n), lassign(n), ledit(n), lindex(n), linsert(n), lmap(n), lpop(n), lrange(n), lremove(n), lrepeat(n), lreplace(n), lreverse(n), lsearch(n), lseq(n), lset(n), lsort(n)

KEYWORDS
element, list, length