github.com/anth0d/nomad@v0.0.0-20221214183521-ae3a0a2cad06/website/content/docs/job-specification/hcl2/functions/collection/length.mdx (about) 1 --- 2 layout: docs 3 page_title: length - Functions - Configuration Language 4 description: The length function determines the length of a collection. 5 --- 6 7 # `length` Function 8 9 `length` determines the length of a given list, map, or tuple. 10 11 If given a list, map, or tuple, the result is the number of elements in that 12 collection. 13 14 ## Examples 15 16 ```shell-session 17 > length([]) 18 0 19 > length(["a", "b"]) 20 2 21 > length({"a" = "b"}) 22 1 23 ```