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snowflake.snowpark.functions.bit_length¶

snowflake.snowpark.functions.bit_length(e: Union[Column, str]) → Column[source]¶

Returns the length of a string or binary value in bits.

Example:

>>> df = session.create_dataframe([['abc'], ['Δ']], schema=["v"])
>>> df = df.withColumn("b", lit("A1B2").cast("binary"))
>>> df.select(bit_length(col("v")).alias("BIT_LENGTH_V"), bit_length(col("b")).alias("BIT_LENGTH_B")).collect()
[Row(BIT_LENGTH_V=24, BIT_LENGTH_B=16), Row(BIT_LENGTH_V=16, BIT_LENGTH_B=16)]