vector-length - the length of a vector

LIBRARY

(import (rnrs))                     ;R6RS
(import (rnrs base))                ;R6RS
(import (scheme r5rs))              ;R7RS
(import (scheme base))              ;R7RS

SYNOPSIS

(vector-length vector)

DESCRIPTION

Returns, as an exact integer object, the number of elements in vector. The length of a vector is fixed.

IMPLEMENTATION NOTES

All extant implementations use fixnums to represent vector lengths, but this is not required.

RETURN VALUES

Returns a single value which is the length of the vector.

EXAMPLES

(vector-length '#(1 2 3))
          => 3

APPLICATION USAGE

The vector-length procedure sometimes appears in code that destructures vectors, but in such cases it may be better to use a pattern matching library such as (chibi match).

COMPATIBILITY

Apart from error handling, this procedure is the same in all Scheme reports.

ERRORS

This procedure can raise exceptions with the following condition types:
&assertion (R6RS)
The wrong number of arguments was passed or an argument was outside its domain.
R7RS
The assertions described above are errors. Implementations may signal an error, extend the procedure's domain of definition to include such arguments, or fail catastrophically.

SEE ALSO

make-vector(3scm), vector-ref(3scm), length(3scm).

STANDARDS

R4RS, IEEE Scheme, R5RS, R6RS, R7RS

AUTHORS

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