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<div><h1>length(Module) -- length</h1>
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<ul><li><div class="list"><dl class="element"><dt class="heading">Usage: </dt><dd class="value"><div><tt>length M</tt></div>
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<li><span>Function: <a href="_length.html" title="length">length</a></span></li>
<li><div class="single">Inputs:<ul><li><span><tt>M</tt>, <span>a <a href="___Module.html">module</a></span></span></li>
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<li><div class="single">Outputs:<ul><li><span><span>an <a href="___Z__Z.html">integer</a></span>, the length of <tt>M</tt></span></li>
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<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
<div>We assume that <tt>M</tt> is a graded module over a singly graded polynomal ring or a quotient of a polynomial ring, over a field <tt>k</tt>. In this case, the length is the same as the degree, see <a href="_degree_lp__Module_rp.html" title="">degree(Module)</a>.</div>
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