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<h2>Length</h2>
<h3>Description</h3>
<p>Display or set a property containing length information for
   a string, a file, or one or more nested
   <a href="../CoreTypes/resources.html#collection">Resource Collection</a>s.
   Can also be used as a condition. <b>Since Ant 1.6.3</b></p>
<h3>Parameters</h3>
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  <tr>
    <td valign="top"><b>Attribute</b></td>
    <td valign="top"><b>Description</b></td>
    <td align="center" valign="top"><b>Required</b></td>
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    <td valign="top">property</td>
    <td valign="top">The property to set.  If omitted
      the results are written to the log. Ignored when
      processing as a condition.</td>
    <td valign="top" align="center">No</td>
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    <td valign="top">file</td>
    <td valign="top">Single file whose length to report.</td>
    <td valign="top" align="center" rowspan="2">One of these,
      or one or more nested filesets</td>
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    <td valign="top">string</td>
    <td valign="top">The string whose length to report.</td>
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    <td valign="top">mode</td>
    <td valign="top">File length mode; when &quot;all&quot; the resulting
      value is the sum of all included resources' lengths; when &quot;each&quot;
      the task outputs the absolute path and length of each included resource,
      one per line. Ignored when processing as a condition.</td>
    <td valign="top" align="center">No; default is &quot;all&quot;</td>
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    <td valign="top">trim</td>
    <td valign="top">Whether to trim when operating on a string.</td>
    <td valign="top" align="center">No; only valid when string is set</td>
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    <td valign="top">length</td>
    <td valign="top">Comparison length for processing as a condition.</td>
    <td valign="top" align="center">Yes, in condition mode</td>
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    <td valign="top">when</td>
    <td valign="top">Comparison type: "equal", "eq", "greater", "gt", "less",
      "lt", "ge" (greater or equal), "ne" (not equal), "le" (less or equal)
      for use when operating as a condition.</td>
    <td valign="top" align="center">No; default is "equal"</td>
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<h3>Parameters specified as nested elements</h3>
<h4>Resource Collections</h4>
<p>You can include resources via nested
  <a href="../CoreTypes/resources.html#collection">Resource Collection</a>s.</p>
<h3>Examples</h3>
<pre>&lt;length string=&quot;foo&quot; property=&quot;length.foo&quot; /&gt;
</pre>
<p>Stores the length of the string &quot;foo&quot; in the property named
<i>length.foo</i>.</p>
<pre>&lt;length file=&quot;bar&quot; property=&quot;length.bar&quot; /&gt;
</pre>
<p>Stores the length of file &quot;bar&quot; in the property named
<i>length.bar</i>.</p>
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