Functions.Length(Column) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.Spark.Sql

Assembly:: Microsoft.Spark.dll

Package:: Microsoft.Spark v1.0.0

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Computes the character length of a given string or number of bytes of a binary string.

public static Microsoft.Spark.Sql.Column Length(Microsoft.Spark.Sql.Column column);

static member Length : Microsoft.Spark.Sql.Column -> Microsoft.Spark.Sql.Column

Public Shared Function Length (column As Column) As Column

Parameters

column: Column

Column to apply

Returns

Column

Column object

Remarks

The length of character strings includes the trailing spaces. The length of binary strings includes binary zeros.

Applies to