LEN - Amazon Glue DataBrew
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LEN

Returns in a new column the length of strings from the source column or of custom strings.

Parameters

  • sourceColumn – The name of an existing column.

  • value – A character string to evaluate.

  • targetColumn – The name of the new column to be created.

Note

You can specify either sourceColumn or value, but not both.

Examples

{
    "RecipeAction": {
        "Operation": "LEN",
        "Parameters": {
            "sourceColumn": "last_name",
            "targetColumn": "last_name_len"
        }
    }
}

{
    "RecipeAction": {
        "Operation": "LEN",
        "Parameters": {
            "value": "Hello",
            "targetColumn": "hello_len"
        }
    }
}