ARRAY_LENGTH (NoSQL query)

APPLIES TO: NoSQL

Returns the number of elements in the specified array expression.

Syntax

ARRAY_LENGTH(<array_expr>)  

Arguments

Description
array_expr An array expression.

Return types

Returns a numeric expression.

Examples

The following example illustrates how to get the length of an array using the function.

SELECT VALUE {
    length: ARRAY_LENGTH([70, 86, 92, 99, 85, 90, 82]),
    emptyLength: ARRAY_LENGTH([]),
    nullLength: ARRAY_LENGTH(null)
}
[
  {
    "length": 7,
    "emptyLength": 0
  }
]

Remarks

  • This system function doesn't use the index.