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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 filesets.</p>
<h3>Parameters</h3>
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<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 length is written to the log.</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 "all" the resulting
value is the sum of all included files' lengths; when "each"
the task outputs the absolute path and length of each included file,
one per line.</td>
<td valign="top" align="center">No; default is "all"</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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<h3>Parameters specified as nested elements</h3>
<h4>fileset</h4><p>You can include files via nested
<a href="../CoreTypes/fileset.html">fileset</a>s.</p>
<h3>Examples</h3>
<pre><length string="foo" property="length.foo" />
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<p>Stores the length of the string "foo" in the property named
<i>length.foo</i>.</p>
<pre><length file="bar" property="length.bar" />
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<p>Stores the length of file "bar" in the property named
<i>length.bar</i>.</p>
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