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Array Functions

SQL Array Functions and Usage.

FunctionDescriptionExampleResult
GET(array, index)Returns an element from the array by index (1-based)GET([1, 2], 2)2
LENGTH(array)Returns the length of the arrayLENGTH([1, 2])2
ARRAY_CONCAT(array1, array2)Concats two arraysARRAY_CONCAT([1, 2], [3, 4][1,2,3,4]
ARRAY_CONTAINS(array, item)Checks if the array contains a specific elementARRAY_CONTAINS([1, 2], 1)1
ARRAY_INDEXOF(array, item)Returns the index(1-based) of an element if the array contains the elementARRAY_INDEXOF([1, 2, 9], 9)3
ARRAY_SLICE(array, start[, end])Extracts a slice from the array by index (1-based)ARRAY_SLICE([1, 21, 32, 4], 2, 3)[21,32]
ARRAY_SORT(array)Sorts elements in the array in ascending orderARRAY_SORT([1, 4, 3, 2])[1,2,3,4]
ARRAY_AGGREGATE(array, name)Aggregates elements in the array with an aggregate function (sum, count, avg, min, max, any, ...)ARRAY_AGGREGATE([1, 2, 3, 4], 'SUM')10
ARRAY_UNIQUE(array)Counts unique elements in the array (except NULL)ARRAY_UNIQUE([1, 2, 3, 3, 4])4
ARRAY_DISTINCT(array)Removes all duplicates and NULLs from the array without preserving the original orderARRAY_DISTINCT([1, 2, 2, 4])[1,2,4]
ARRAY_PREPEND(item, array)Prepends an element to the arrayARRAY_PREPEND(1, [3, 4])[1,3,4]
ARRAY_APPEND(array, item)Appends an element to the arrayARRAY_APPEND([3, 4], 5)[3,4,5]
ARRAY_REMOVE_FIRST(array)Removes the first element from the arrayARRAY_REMOVE_FIRST([1, 2, 3])[2,3]
ARRAY_REMOVE_LAST(array)Removes the last element from the arrayARRAY_REMOVE_LAST([1, 2, 3])[1,2]
UNNEST(array)Unnests the array and returns the set of elementsUNNEST([1, 2])1
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(2 rows)
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ARRAY_SORT(array) can accept two optional parameters, order and nullposition, which can be specified through the syntax ARRAY_SORT(array, order, nullposition).

  • order specifies the sorting order as either ascending (ASC) or descending (DESC). Defaults to ASC.
  • nullposition determines the position of NULL values in the sorting result, at the beginning (NULLS FIRST) or at the end (NULLS LAST) of the sorting output. Defaults to NULLS FIRST.
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ARRAY_AGGREGATE(array, name) supports the following aggregation functions, avg, count, max, min, sum, any, stddev_samp, stddev_pop, stddev, std, median, approx_count_distinct, kurtosis, skewness.

ARRAY_AGGREGATE(array, name) function also support rewrite as ARRAY_<name>(array). Following is a list of existing rewrites, array_avg, array_count, array_max, array_min, array_sum, array_any, array_stddev_samp, array_stddev_pop, array_stddev, array_std, array_median, array_approx_count_distinct, array_kurtosis, array_skewness.

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UNNEST(array) can also be used as a table function.