Specification Details

6. Strings

[Disagreement with ANS]

6.4.4

MAXLEN(s$)

returns 2147483647 if the length is not limited.

[Implementation-defined]

6.1.6

The maximum physical line length depends on the RichEdit control of Windows.

6.2.4

The maximum length of a string variable depends on the system resource and is at most 2147483647.

6.2.4

The initial value of a string variable is a null string.