Omron NJ501-1500 User Manual

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2 Instruction Descriptions
NJ-series Instructions Reference Manual (W502)
Text String Instructions
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GetByteLen
GetByteLen
The GetByteLen instruction counts the number of bytes in a text string.
The GetByteLen instruction counts the number of bytes in count string In. A NULL character at the end
of the text string is not counted.
The following example is for when In is ‘ABCDEF’. The value of variable abc will be 6.
Instruction Name FB/FUN Graphic expression ST expression
GetByteLen Get Byte Length FUN Out:=GetByteLen(In);
Variables
Name Meaning I/O Description Valid range Unit Default
In Count
string
Input Text string to count number
of bytes
Depends on data type.
--- ''
Out Number of
bytes
Output Number of bytes 0 to 1985 Bytes
---
Boolean
Bit strings Integers
Real
numbers
Times, durations,
dates, and text strings
BOOL
BYTE
WORD
DWORD
LWORD
USINT
UINT
UDINT
ULINT
SINT
INT
DINT
LINT
REAL
LREAL
TIME
DATE
TOD
DT
STRING
In OK
Out OK
Function
(@)GetByteLen
EN ENO
In Out
abc:=GetByteLen(‘ABCDEF’);
LD ST
abc
‘ABCDEF’
GetByteLen
EN ENO
In
6
Out=abc
‘ABCDEF’
In
Number of bytes

Omron NJ501-1500 Specifications

General

Brand	Omron
Model	NJ501-1500
Category	Controller
Language	English