elasticsearch/docs/reference/esql/functions/count.asciidoc

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[[esql-agg-count]]
=== `COUNT`
Counts field values.
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include::{esql-specs}/stats.csv-spec[tag=count]
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include::{esql-specs}/stats.csv-spec[tag=count-result]
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Can take any field type as input and the result is always a `long` not matter
the input type.
To count the number of rows, use `COUNT(*)`:
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include::{esql-specs}/docs.csv-spec[tag=countAll]
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include::{esql-specs}/docs.csv-spec[tag=countAll-result]
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