length (Matlab function)
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Length of vector



Matlab/Scilab equivalent
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**Matlab** **Scilab**

::

    `length`_(A)



::

    No equivalent




Particular cases
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If **A** is a vector, Scilab equivalent for **length(A)** is
**size(A,"*")**.

If **A** is a matrix, Scilab equivalent for **length(A)** is
**max(size(A))**.

If **A** contains character strings, String matrix has to be converted
to a "character" string matrix using **mstr2sci** (Using **asciimat**
to convert will give the same result).

Scilab **length** is different from Matlab **length**.