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maxLength (lst; maximum)

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Nicolas Bourré, Me, Myself and I
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Function that returns the length of the longest value in a list. Useful for conditional formatting

Sample Input:
maxLength ("apple¶brocoli¶potato"; 0)
Sample Output:
7


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Description:

Function that returns the length of the longest value in a list. This function could also be used to get the longest line in a text.

Could be useful for conditional formatting based on the longest line in a text field.

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