dask.dataframe.Series.str.len

dataframe.Series.str.len()

Compute the length of each element in the Series/Index.

This docstring was copied from pandas.core.strings.accessor.StringMethods.len.

Some inconsistencies with the Dask version may exist.

The element may be a sequence (such as a string, tuple or list) or a collection (such as a dictionary).

Returns:

Series or Index of int

A Series or Index of integer values indicating the length of each element in the Series or Index.

See also

str.len

Python built-in function returning the length of an object.

Series.size

Returns the length of the Series.

Examples

Returns the length (number of characters) in a string. Returns the number of entries for dictionaries, lists or tuples.

>>> s = pd.Series(
...     ["dog", "", 5, {"foo": "bar"}, [2, 3, 5, 7], ("one", "two", "three")]
... )
>>> s
0                  dog
1
2                    5
3       {'foo': 'bar'}
4         [2, 3, 5, 7]
5    (one, two, three)
dtype: object
>>> s.str.len()
0    3.0
1    0.0
2    NaN
3    1.0
4    4.0
5    3.0
dtype: float64