Wordlength   built-in function

The Wordlength function returns the length of the Nth word in a string. Words are separated by spaces.

result = Wordlength( string, n )

string

a string of space separated words

n

index of word whose length is returned. The index must be a positive whole number. When n exceeds the number of words in the string, 0 is returned.

Examples: say Wordlength( 'what is your favorite word?', 5 ) -- shows: 5 (the length of: word?) say Wordlength( 'what is your favorite word?', 6 ) -- shows: 0 say Wordlength( 'let us not quibble over a word or two', 4 ) -- shows: 7 (the length of: quibble)