LENGTH

Applies to: ✅ Data 360 SQL ✅ Tableau Hyper API

Returns the number of characters in a string.

1length(<string>)

• <string>: The string to measure.

Returns an integer that represents the number of characters.

• Equivalent to char_length and character_length.
• Counts characters, not bytes.

Count characters in a string.

1SELECT length('jose') AS result;

Returns 4.

• String Types