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Max Length Of a Javascript String..

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PatrickGreen

PatrickGreen

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Mar 11, 2003
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To All:

Is there a max length of a javascript string when doing string concatenation (+). When I get to a length of 1957, the string just cuts off????

Any help would be greatly appreciate,
TIA,
Patrick
 
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I'm pretty sure there's no ordinary limit. One of my applications regularly manipulates strings of thousands of characters...

Cheers,
[monkey] Edward [monkey]

"Cut a hole in the door. Hang a flap. Criminy, why didn't I think of this earlier?!" -- inventor of the cat door
 
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a quick test:
var1="...a string of 2700 chars..."
document.write(var1.length);

this works...
 
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To All:

Thanks for the input. I found out where my error was.

Thanks Again...
 
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<html>
<head>
<title>String length</title>
</head>
<body>

<div id=&quot;size&quot;>
Here
</div>

<a href=&quot;javascript:addToString()&quot;>see how much can it grow?</a>

<script>

var max = 10000;
var myString = &quot;&quot;;

function addToString()
{
for (var x = 0; x < max; x++)
{
myString += &quot;M&quot;
}

document.getElementById('size').innerHTML = &quot;size of the string : &quot; + myString.length + &quot; characters&quot;;
}

</script>
</body>
</html>

I wrote this test just for fun. It seems that I can click on the link to get passed 1 000 000 000 characters in a Gecko based browser with no problem but my IE6 (WinXP) is having trouble between each sets starting at around 1 000 000. Can anyone tell me if this is the same on their machine? Does Phoenix, Mozilla or Netscape handle this better on your machine as well? Gary Haran
 
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