codeunits

Used with the number function to designate codeunits as part of a Unicode string.

# Metadata

Platforms: desktop, server, mobile OS: mac, windows, linux, ios, android Introduced: 7.0 Security:

# Syntax

codeunits

# Examples

get the number of codeunits of tString

# Description

Use the codeunits keyword to count the number of codeunits making up a string.

A codeunit refers to the encoded units in which codepoints are stored (e.g. 16 bit words in UTF-16 or 8-bit bytes in UTF-8)

Use the expression

the number of codeunits of tString

to find out how many codeunits make up a Unicode string.

# Tags

# See

- **keyword:** characters, codepoint, codeunits, character, codeunit, bytes, byte - **glossary:** function - **function:** number