Github user viirya commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/18046#discussion_r117627676
--- Diff:
sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/stringExpressions.scala
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@@ -1180,6 +1180,60 @@ case class Length(child: Expression) extends
UnaryExpression with ImplicitCastIn
}
/**
+ * A function that return the bit length of the given string or binary
expression.
+ */
+@ExpressionDescription(
+ usage = "_FUNC_(expr) - Returns the bit length of `expr` or number of
bits in binary data.",
+ extended = """
+ Examples:
+ > SELECT _FUNC_('Spark SQL');
+ 9
--- End diff --
Is it 9 bits?
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