<dpLength>

D E F I N I T I O N:

<dpLength> returns the length of a string in paragraphs (p), sentences (s), words (w), or characters (c).

<dpLength unit="p|s|w|c">string or tag(s) to evaluate</dpLength>

A T T R I B U T E S:

Not applicable.

E X A M P L E S:

<dpLength unit="w">How many words?</dpLength> would return 3

<dpLength unit="w">How many characters?</dpLength> would return 18

A more common usage would be:

<dpVar totalParagraphs="<dpLength unit="p"><dpStory></dpLength>">

You now have a variable that holds the number of total paragraphs this story has. This can be used for layout purposes, statistical information like word count, a variable to determine if you should split this story into multiple pages, etc.

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