Is there a sizeof() vi in labview?

I would like to get the size (in bytes) of various labview data types. Is there i vi which will do this? I can't find one. It seems flatten to string followed by string length does the job, but its a of shame having to create a string just for this...
Ian

pawel wrote:
I think, that the proper way is to use "TypeCast" function, located in "advanced->datamanipulation". That will not add any extra elements to the flattened structure.
Hi Pawel !
That works...except if you try to wire a cluster containing a string !
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