xLadder user manual-V2.0.0.6

6.14 Character string

6.14.1 String length

Input/output Operand

Data type

IN

VB,Constant string, LB, *VD, *LD, *AC

Character string

OUT

VB, IB, QB, MB, SB, SMB, LB, AC, *VD, *LD, *AC

Byte

STR - LEN :Instruction output “IN” string length.

The longest constant string is 126 bytes.

error conditions:

0006 Indirect address

0091 Operand range

ASCII constant string data type format :

String is a series of characters, each character is stored as a byte.The first byte of a

string defines the length of the string, that is the number of characters.If a constant

string is entered directly into the program editor or data block, the string must start

and end with double quotation marks ("string constant").

Example:

When the string is "123456", the length of the string is 6.

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