LENGTH

Returns the length of a given string.

Syntax

LENGTH(STRING)

Arguments

STRING

Type: string

A sequence of characters.

Returns

Type: bigint

The length of STRING in characters.

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Examples

STRING	Output
1	1
abcdefg	7
12345	5
null	null
''	0
-=^%$	5

Transformation job example

SQL

CREATE JOB function_operator_example
    ADD_MISSING_COLUMNS = true	
AS INSERT INTO default_glue_catalog.upsolver_samples.orders_transformed_data 
  MAP_COLUMNS_BY_NAME
    SELECT 
        customer_firstname,
        LENGTH(customer_firstname) AS name_length
    FROM default_glue_catalog.upsolver_samples.orders_raw_data 
    WHERE $commit_time BETWEEN run_start_time() AND run_end_time()
    LIMIT 3;

Query result

customer_firstname	name_length
Karen	5
Evelyn	6
Carol	5