length:

Syntax:	length ( A )

Description:
	
	The length function returns the length of vector A. It is
	equivalent to max (size (A)), when A is numeric.

	To summarize:

	NUMERIC: max (size (A))

	STRING:  number of characters in a scalar string. 
      	      	 max (size (A)) if a string matrix.

	LIST: 	 number of elements in list.

See Also: show, size
