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12.3 \newlength

Synopsis:

     \newlength{\arg}

The \newlength command defines the mandatory argument as a length command with a value of 0in. The argument must be a control sequence, as in \newlength{\foo}. An error occurs if \foo is already defined.

See Lengths, for how to set the new length to a nonzero value, and for more information about lengths in general.