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Formula Size Restrictions

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For reference purposes, here are the size restrictions of the formula language:

  • The maximum length of a String constant, a String value held by a String variable, a String value returned by a function or a String element of a String array is 65,534 characters.
  • The maximum size of an array is 1000 elements.
  • The maximum number of arguments to a function is 1000. (This applies to functions that can have an indefinite number of arguments such as Choose).
  • The maximum number of loop condition evaluations per evaluation of a formula is 100,000.
  • Date-time functions modeled on Visual Basic accept dates from year 100 to year 9999. Traditional Crystal Reports functions accept dates from year 1 to year 9999.