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# nml_getmaxnamelen

Purpose
**Deprecated** The names list API is scheduled for removal.
The _nml_* functions provide a simple, generic interface to lists of names, which may be names of rows/columns on a problem or may be a list of arbitrary names provided by the user. _nml_getmaxnamelen returns the length of the longest name in the namelist.
Synopsis
`nml_getmaxnamelen(nml)`
Argument

nml | The namelist object.

Return value
The length of the longest name.
Further information
Please refer to the C documentation for more details.
Parent Topic R interface reference manual

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