len | Get the number of data items in a name entry |
-n <name> | any name |
-fout <trgfld> | field to be created |
[-dout <trgdata>] | target data frame |
This command reads the length of data in a name entry and stores it in a specified field, which can be put into a data frame with -dout.
Example: The length of boston.crim can be displayed as follows.
NDA> load boston.dat NDA> len -n boston.crim -fout blen NDA> getdata blen 1 506