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This function returns the effective length of the argument - the address of the last non-blank character.

Forms of use:

DI ivar = %CLEN(cvar),

DI ivar = %CLEN(field),

DI ivar = %CLEN(literal),

If the pickup cvar, field or literal is all blank, the result is returned as zero.