BITCOUNT

Returns the number of one-bits (sometimes referred to as set-bits) in the given VARBINARY value. This is also referred to as the population count.

Behavior type

Syntax

BITCOUNT ( expression )

Arguments

expression

(BINARY or VARBINARY) is the string to return.

Examples

=> SELECT BITCOUNT(HEX_TO_BINARY('0x10'));
 BITCOUNT
----------
        1
(1 row)
=> SELECT BITCOUNT(HEX_TO_BINARY('0xF0'));
 BITCOUNT
----------
        4
(1 row)
=> SELECT BITCOUNT(HEX_TO_BINARY('0xAB'));
 BITCOUNT
----------
        5
(1 row)