json_array_length function

Applies to: Databricks SQL Databricks Runtime

Returns the number of elements in the outermost JSON array.

Syntax

json_array_length(jsonArray)

Arguments

• jsonArray: A JSON array.

Returns

An INTEGER.

The function returns NULL if jsonArray is not a valid JSON string or NULL.

Examples

> SELECT json_array_length('[1,2,3,4]');
 4

> SELECT json_array_length('[1,2,3,{"f1":1,"f2":[5,6]},4]');
 5

> SELECT json_array_length('[1,2');
 NULL

Related functions

• json_object_keys function
• : operator
• json_array_length function
• json_tuple table-valued generator function
• from_json function
• get_json_object function
• schema_of_json function
• to_json function