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length

description

Syntax

INT length(VARCHAR str)

This function returns the length of a string (in bytes).

example

MySQL > select length("abc");
+---------------+
| length('abc') |
+---------------+
|             3 |
+---------------+

MySQL > select length("中国");
+------------------+
| length('中国')   |
+------------------+
|                6 |
+------------------+

keyword

LENGTH