# char_length({str})

Returns the number of characters in a given string.

## Example

This example returns the number of characters in the first five entries in the City column.

```nolang
SELECT City, CHAR_LENGTH(City) as "CityLen"
FROM "Superstore"
GROUP BY City
LIMIT 5;
```

| City        | CityLen |
| ----------- | ------- |
| Aberdeen    | 8       |
| Abilene     | 7       |
| Akron       | 5       |
| Albuquerque | 11      |
| Alexandria  | 10      |