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<h2>Length of a Unit Object</h2>


<h3>Description</h3>

<p>
The length of a unit object is defined as the number of unit
values in the unit object.
</p>
<p>
This function has been deprecated in favour of a unit method for
the generic <code>length</code> function.
</p>


<h3>Usage</h3>

<pre>
unit.length(unit)
</pre>


<h3>Arguments</h3>

<table summary="R argblock">
<tr valign="top"><td><code>unit</code></td>
<td>
A unit object.</td></tr>
</table>

<h3>Value</h3>

<p>
An integer value.</p>

<h3>Author(s)</h3>

<p>
Paul Murrell
</p>


<h3>See Also</h3>

<p>
<code><a href="unit.html">unit</a></code>
</p>


<h3>Examples</h3>

<pre>
length(unit(1:3, "npc"))
length(unit(1:3, "npc") + unit(1, "inches"))
length(max(unit(1:3, "npc") + unit(1, "inches")))
length(max(unit(1:3, "npc") + unit(1, "strwidth", "a"))*4)
length(unit(1:3, "npc") + unit(1, "strwidth", "a")*4)
</pre>



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