length
function
Applies to: Databricks SQL Databricks Runtime
Returns the character length of string data or number of bytes of binary data. This function is a synonym for character_length function and char_length function.
Syntax
length(expr)
Arguments
expr
: A STRING or BINARY expression.
Returns
An INTEGER.
The length of string data includes the trailing spaces. The length of binary data includes trailing binary zeros.
Examples
> SELECT length('Spark SQL ');
10
> select length('床前明月光')
5
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