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ARRAY_SLICE

array_slice​

array_slice

description​

Syntax​

ARRAY<T> array_slice(ARRAY<T> arr, BIGINT off, BIGINT len)

Returns a slice of the array.

A positive off indicates an indent on the left
A negative off indicates an indent on the right.
An empty array is returned when the off is not within the actual range of the array.
A negative len will be treated as 0.

example​

mysql> select k2, k2[2:2] from array_type_table_nullable;
+-----------------+-------------------------+
| k2 | array_slice(`k2`, 2, 2) |
+-----------------+-------------------------+
| [1, 2, 3] | [2, 3] |
| [1, NULL, 3] | [NULL, 3] |
| [2, 3] | [3] |
| NULL | NULL |
+-----------------+-------------------------+

mysql> select k2, array_slice(k2, 2, 2) from array_type_table_nullable;
+-----------------+-------------------------+
| k2 | array_slice(`k2`, 2, 2) |
+-----------------+-------------------------+
| [1, 2, 3] | [2, 3] |
| [1, NULL, 3] | [NULL, 3] |
| [2, 3] | [3] |
| NULL | NULL |
+-----------------+-------------------------+

mysql> select k2, k2[2:2] from array_type_table_nullable_varchar;
+----------------------------+-------------------------+
| k2 | array_slice(`k2`, 2, 2) |
+----------------------------+-------------------------+
| ['hello', 'world', 'c++'] | ['world', 'c++'] |
| ['a1', 'equals', 'b1'] | ['equals', 'b1'] |
| ['hasnull', NULL, 'value'] | [NULL, 'value'] |
| ['hasnull', NULL, 'value'] | [NULL, 'value'] |
+----------------------------+-------------------------+

mysql> select k2, array_slice(k2, 2, 2) from array_type_table_nullable_varchar;
+----------------------------+-------------------------+
| k2 | array_slice(`k2`, 2, 2) |
+----------------------------+-------------------------+
| ['hello', 'world', 'c++'] | ['world', 'c++'] |
| ['a1', 'equals', 'b1'] | ['equals', 'b1'] |
| ['hasnull', NULL, 'value'] | [NULL, 'value'] |
| ['hasnull', NULL, 'value'] | [NULL, 'value'] |
+----------------------------+-------------------------+

Negative off:

mysql> select k2, k2[-2:1] from array_type_table_nullable;
+-----------+--------------------------+
| k2 | array_slice(`k2`, -2, 1) |
+-----------+--------------------------+
| [1, 2, 3] | [2] |
| [1, 2, 3] | [2] |
| [2, 3] | [2] |
| [2, 3] | [2] |
+-----------+--------------------------+

mysql> select k2, array_slice(k2, -2, 1) from array_type_table_nullable;
+-----------+--------------------------+
| k2 | array_slice(`k2`, -2, 1) |
+-----------+--------------------------+
| [1, 2, 3] | [2] |
| [1, 2, 3] | [2] |
| [2, 3] | [2] |
| [2, 3] | [2] |
+-----------+--------------------------+

mysql> select k2, k2[-2:2] from array_type_table_nullable_varchar;
+----------------------------+--------------------------+
| k2 | array_slice(`k2`, -2, 2) |
+----------------------------+--------------------------+
| ['hello', 'world', 'c++'] | ['world', 'c++'] |
| ['a1', 'equals', 'b1'] | ['equals', 'b1'] |
| ['hasnull', NULL, 'value'] | [NULL, 'value'] |
| ['hasnull', NULL, 'value'] | [NULL, 'value'] |
+----------------------------+--------------------------+

mysql> select k2, array_slice(k2, -2, 2) from array_type_table_nullable_varchar;
+----------------------------+--------------------------+
| k2 | array_slice(`k2`, -2, 2) |
+----------------------------+--------------------------+
| ['hello', 'world', 'c++'] | ['world', 'c++'] |
| ['a1', 'equals', 'b1'] | ['equals', 'b1'] |
| ['hasnull', NULL, 'value'] | [NULL, 'value'] |
| ['hasnull', NULL, 'value'] | [NULL, 'value'] |
+----------------------------+--------------------------+
mysql> select k2, array_slice(k2, 0) from array_type_table;
+-----------+-------------------------+
| k2 | array_slice(`k2`, 0) |
+-----------+-------------------------+
| [1, 2, 3] | [] |
+-----------+-------------------------+

mysql> select k2, array_slice(k2, -5) from array_type_table;
+-----------+----------------------+
| k2 | array_slice(`k2`, -5) |
+-----------+----------------------+
| [1, 2, 3] | [] |
+-----------+----------------------+

keywords​

ARRAY,SLICE,ARRAY_SLICE