Can it be the wrong type of data? [closed]

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Here's how the string comes to existence:

presidentsname = ((lista[number]).split("|")).slice(0,1);
document.diagnostic.window1.value=presidentsname+"    " +presidentsname.length;

with Hollande the name shows properly, but the length turns out to be 1

how to modify presidentsname.length in order to obtain 8?

or must the error be elsewhere?

Answer 1

presidentsname is in this case an array with one element

you can put a line between the two:

presidentsname = presidentsname[0];

Answer 2

Yes, you are getting the length of the array and not the length of the String.