Bytes | SurrealDB

These functions can be used when working with bytes in SurrealQL.

Function	Description
`bytes::len()`	Gives the length in bytes

`bytes::len`

The bytes::len function returns the length in bytes of a bytes value.

API DEFINITION

bytes::len(bytes) -> int

The following example shows this function, and its output, when used in a RETURN statement:

/**[test]

[[test.results]]
value = "[19, 67, 25]"

*/

RETURN [
    bytes::len(<bytes>"Simple ASCII string"),
    bytes::len(<bytes>"οὐ γὰρ δυνατόν ἐστιν ἔτι καθεύδειν"),
    bytes::len(<bytes>"청춘예찬 靑春禮讚")
];

Output

[ 19, 67, 25 ]