counting the number of characters in a field

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is there a way to count the amount of characters being used in a field?

so, if the field had the word 'people' in it, the result would be 5

thanks,
cody

 

[tleish]

Len
Description
Returns the length of a string or binary object.

Category
String functions

Syntax
Len(string or binary object)

<cfset form.myField = &quot;people&quot;>
<cfoutput>
The length of form.myField is #Len(form.myField)#
</cfoutput> - tleish