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length Property (Function)

Returns the number of arguments defined for a function.

functionName.length

The required functionName is the name of the function.

Remarks

The length property of a function is initialized by the scripting engine to the number of arguments in the function's definition when an instance of the function is created.

What happens when a function is called with a number of arguments different from the value of its length property depends on the function.

The following example illustrates the use of the length property:

function ArgTest(a, b){
   var i, s = "The ArgTest function expected ";
   var numargs = ArgTest.arguments.length;
   var expargs = ArgTest.length;
   if (expargs < 2)
      s += expargs + " argument. ";
   else
      s += expargs + " arguments. ";
   if (numargs < 2)
      s += numargs + " was passed.";
   else
      s += numargs + " were passed.";
   return(s);
}

Requirements

Version 2

See Also

arguments Property | length Property (Array) | length Property (String)

Applies To: Function Object