len(REreplace(myList, "[^,]+", "", "all") + 1
should work. Just removing (or replacing with nothing) all the
non-delimiter characters, and then counting the delimiters, and adding
one for the fencepost problem.
cheers,
barneyb
On 8/22/06, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Counting all the elements, including the empty ones?
>
> Do I need to modify the list to put some throwaway character to get all the
> elements counted, or is there a better way?
>
> For Example: listLen("This is an Element,,") needs to equal 3.
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