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char_length

description

Syntax

INT char_length(VARCHAR str)

This function returns the length of a string. For multibytes characters, it returns the number of characters. It currently only supports utf8 coding. Note: This function is also named as character_length.

example

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

MySQL > select char_length("中国");
+----------------------+
| char_length('中国')  |
+----------------------+
|                    2 |
+----------------------+

keyword

CHAR_LENGTH, CHARACTER_LENGTH

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