How do I compare the length of a variable

I want the user to enter a string using a textbox. It will be stored as a global variable.

However, I want to ensure that they can only enter a max of 8 characters in the text box.

How would I go about doing this?

Any help would be appreciated : P

Here's one way to do it

http://headbangames.com/textbox.capx

Thanks

NP, you can always use len() to get the length of the string, but seems unnecessary in your case.