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length -- length of an object

Description

This function is a method function, defined in the core so multiple packages can add methods to it.

See also

length(Complex) -- length of a complex
length(Permutation) -- computes the length of a permutation

Ways to use length:

length(Dictionary) -- length of a dictionary
length(Module) -- compute the length of a module
length(Net) -- see length(String) -- length of a string
length(String) -- length of a string
length(VisibleList) -- length of a visible list

For the programmer

The object length is a method function with a single argument.

The source of this document is in Macaulay2Doc/shared.m2:12:0.