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7.11 Character string processing instructions
7.11.8 Character string length detection (LEN(P))
Operation Error
(1) In the following case, an operation error occurs, the error flag (SM0) turns ON, and an error
code is stored into SD0.
• There is no "00
H
" set within the relevant device range following the device number
designated by . (Error code: 4101)
Program Example
(1) The following program outputs the length of the character string from D0 to Y40 to Y4F as
BCD 4-digit values.
[Ladder Mode]
[List Mode]
[Operation]
S
Outputs the length of character
string to a display device.
Step Instruction Device
D1
D2
D3
4D
H
(M)49
H
(I)
54
H
(T)53
H
(S)
b15 b8
b7
b0
55
H
(U)42
H
(B)
D0
49
H
(I)53
H
(S)
10
BCD value
0010
D10
Y4F
Y40
48
H
(H)49
H
(I)
00
H
B1
H
(A)
B2
H
(B)B3
H
(C)
D4
D5
D6
"MITSUBISHI"
(Characters "ABC"
that follow 00H are ignored)
BCD
BCD conversion