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CHARACTER_LENGTH
Returns the Unicode character length of the given string.
Syntax
CHARACTER_LENGTH (str)
CHAR_LENGTH (str)
Arguments
- str: any string or binary object.
Return Type
Integer
Examples
memsql> select character_length('olé'), length('olé');
+--------------------------+----------------+
| character_length('olé') | length('olé') |
+--------------------------+----------------+
| 3 | 4 |
+--------------------------+----------------+
