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One of my column in an attribute table in QGIS is separated by comma (shown by column "N") and I wanted to count elements in it. The column is a text field string.

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    – Matt
    Oct 25, 2021 at 11:27
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    You only need to count the numbers of , per field and add 1.
    – Erik
    Oct 25, 2021 at 11:33
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    @Erik that would return 1 if the field is empty
    – JGH
    Oct 25, 2021 at 13:09
  • Yeah, but I can only work with what OP provides and not make contigencies for every possible exception ;-) @JGH
    – Erik
    Oct 25, 2021 at 13:46

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Use this expression with field calculator: array_length (string_to_array (N))

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  • I recommend using double quotes "" for field names, e.g. "N"
    – Taras
    Oct 25, 2021 at 13:27

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