Counting the number of items in a local (which lies within another local)

[Harshita Joshi]

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[Roman Mostazir]

Is this something you are after:

loc x a b c d

loc k : word count `x'

di `k'
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[Scott Merryman]

See -help macrolists -

. local A = "a b c"

. local B  ="`A'"

. local C: list sizeof B

. disp "`C'"
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[Nick Cox]

. di wordcount("A B C D")
4

. local x A B C D

. di wordcount("`x'")
4