XQuery string-length Function

Determine the exact character count of a string in XQuery using the built-in string-length() function for precise text processing and validation.

The string-length function is used to get the length of a string.

string-length($string as xs:string) as xs:integer

Example

XQuery Expressionxquery

let $bookTitle := "Learn XQuery"
let $size := string-length($bookTitle)

return
   <result>
      <size>{$size}</size>
   </result>

Outputxml

<result>   
   <size>12</size>
</result>