Using String-Length to determine length of block

Modified on Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 2:10 PM

If you want to determine the length of a block so that you can change what happens within a paragraph.

The following will check if the Email Block is greater than 29 characters.

!!if string-length("{Email}")>29%%<horizscaling=90% charspacing=-10>!!

The following will add what is in first name and last name and credentials together:

!!if (string-length("{First Name}") + string-length("{Last Name}") + string-length("{Credentials}")) >= 28 %%Do something like put a next line!!

IMPORTANT POINT

When you calculate string-length you must take into account if you put a postfix of something. so for example if you have a nextline in a name block. when you calculate the number of character you must take into account 10 for <nextline>.

So if my number is 17 in order to change the horizscaling i must make the number 27 to include the <nextline> that is part of the postfix. Anything that is part of the postfix or prefix should be included in the string-length

The following will see if first plus last plus credentials is longer than x amount of characters and if so put a <nextline> otherwise put a comma.

<avoidbreak>{First Name} {Last Name}!!if (string-length("{First Name}") + string-length("{Last Name}") + string-length("{Credentials}")) >= 28 and "{Credentials or Designations}" !=""%%<nextline>!!!!if (string-length("{First Name}") + string-length("{Last Name}") + string-length("{Credentials}")) < 28 and "{Credentials}" !=""%%, !!{Credentials}<nextline>

<avoidbreak>{First Name (& Initial)} {Last Name}!!if (string-length("{First Name (& Initial)}") + string-length("{Last Name}") + string-length("{Credentials or Designations}")) >= 28 and "{Credentials or Designations}" !=""%%<nextline><fontname=FrutigerLTStd-Light encoding=winansi>!!!!if (string-length("{First Name (& Initial)}") + string-length("{Last Name}") + string-length("{Credentials or Designations}")) < 28 and "{Credentials or Designations}" !=""%%<fontname=FrutigerLTStd-Light encoding=winansi>, !!{Credentials or Designations}<nextline