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array_sort

array_sort​

SinceVersion 1.2.0

array_sort

description​

Syntax​

ARRAY<T> array_sort(ARRAY<T> arr)

Return the array which has been sorted in ascending order. Return NULL for NULL input. If the element of array is NULL, it will be placed in the front of the sorted array.

notice​

Only supported in vectorized engine

example​

mysql> set enable_vectorized_engine=true;
mysql> select k1, k2, array_sort(k2) from array_test;
+------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| k1 | k2 | array_sort(`k2`) |
+------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| 1 | [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] | [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] |
| 2 | [6, 7, 8] | [6, 7, 8] |
| 3 | [] | [] |
| 4 | NULL | NULL |
| 5 | [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1] | [1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5] |
| 6 | [1, 2, 3, NULL] | [NULL, 1, 2, 3] |
| 7 | [1, 2, 3, NULL, NULL] | [NULL, NULL, 1, 2, 3] |
| 8 | [1, 1, 2, NULL, NULL] | [NULL, NULL, 1, 1, 2] |
| 9 | [1, NULL, 1, 2, NULL, NULL] | [NULL, NULL, NULL, 1, 1, 2] |
+------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

mysql> select k1, k2, array_sort(k2) from array_test01;
+------+------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| k1 | k2 | array_sort(`k2`) |
+------+------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| 1 | ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'] | ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'] |
| 2 | ['f', 'g', 'h'] | ['f', 'g', 'h'] |
| 3 | [''] | [''] |
| 3 | [NULL] | [NULL] |
| 5 | ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'a', 'b', 'c'] | ['a', 'a', 'b', 'b', 'c', 'c', 'd', 'e'] |
| 6 | NULL | NULL |
| 7 | ['a', 'b', NULL] | [NULL, 'a', 'b'] |
| 8 | ['a', 'b', NULL, NULL] | [NULL, NULL, 'a', 'b'] |
+------+------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+

keywords​

ARRAY, SORT, ARRAY_SORT