character_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 char_length function and length function.

Syntax

character_length(expr)

Arguments

• expr: A BINARY or STRING expression.

Returns

The result type is INTEGER.

The length of string data includes the trailing spaces. The length of binary data includes binary zeros.

Examples

> SELECT character_length('Spark SQL ');
 10
> select character_length('床前明月光')
 5

Related functions

• char_length function
• length function