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Show all students with long first names

Select all students in the students table who have a first name with a length of exactly 7 characters. Sort the results by first name in ascending alphabetical order.

SCHEMA

students

+------------+------------+-----------+-----+------------+
| student_id | first_name | last_name | age | class_code |
+------------+------------+-----------+-----+------------+
| 1          | Mike       | Chaplin   | 12  | 7A         |
| 2          | Emily      | Jackson   | 12  | 7A         |
| 3          | Robert     | Jackson   | 12  | 7A         |
| ...        | ...        | ...       | ... | ...        |
+------------+------------+-----------+-----+------------+
EXPECTED OUTPUT
+-------------+--------+
| first_name  | length |
+-------------+--------+
| Beverly     | 7      |
| D'Shawn     | 7      |
| ...         | ...    |
+-------------+--------+

Use the keyword LENGTH() to get the length of an item.

SELECT first_name, LENGTH(first_name) FROM students WHERE LENGTH(first_name) = 7 ORDER BY first_name ASC

  • This field is required.