[DGD] string too long error

[Erwin Harte]

chris . wrote:
> I got a 'String too long' error for the first time. I am curious
> about the details of this.  Is there a general limit to strings? or
> a limit to strings in an array?

There's a limit to individual strings; You can put as many strings in
an array as you want, as long as the array size doesn't exceed -its-
limit. :)

At runtime you can check the maximum string size if you include the
status.h file:

  # include <status.h>

Then use the status() kfun:

  status()[ST_STRSIZE]

The regular limit is, if I recall correctly, 64k-1 (65535).

Hope that helps,

Erwin.