bit_length

Calculates the bit length for the specified string column.

For the corresponding Databricks SQL function, see bit_length function.

Syntax

from pyspark.sql import functions as dbf

dbf.bit_length(col=<col>)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
col	pyspark.sql.Column or str	Source column or strings

Returns

pyspark.sql.Column: Bit length of the col

Examples

from pyspark.sql import functions as dbf
df = spark.createDataFrame([('cat',), ( '\U0001F408',)], ['cat'])
df.select('*', dbf.bit_length('cat')).show()