Max Characters to be stored in a Variable

newbie question, please help...

[camilord]

for example i declare a variable...

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var msgs = '';
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now, i will put 12,000 characters in that variable... can it be handle?

what is the maximum characters or bytes can a variable of a javascript can be handle?

please answer.. thanks...

[Bernard Marx]

I don't think there is any official limit (although the largest representable integer in length may be one).

12,000 chars length should be no problem...

n = 100000;
a = "0123456789";
b = "";
m = Math.floor(n/a.length);
while(m--) b+=a;
alert(b.length)