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array_with_constant

array_with_constant​

array_with_constant

description​

Syntax​

ARRAY<T> array_with_constant(n, T)
ARRAY<T> array_repeat(T, n)

get array of constants with n length, array_repeat has the same function as array_with_constant and is used to be compatible with the hive syntax format

notice​

Only supported in vectorized engine

example​

mysql> select array_with_constant(2, "hello"), array_repeat("hello", 2);
+---------------------------------+--------------------------+
| array_with_constant(2, 'hello') | array_repeat('hello', 2) |
+---------------------------------+--------------------------+
| ['hello', 'hello'] | ['hello', 'hello'] |
+---------------------------------+--------------------------+
1 row in set (0.04 sec)

mysql> select array_with_constant(3, 12345), array_repeat(12345, 3);
+-------------------------------+------------------------+
| array_with_constant(3, 12345) | array_repeat(12345, 3) |
+-------------------------------+------------------------+
| [12345, 12345, 12345] | [12345, 12345, 12345] |
+-------------------------------+------------------------+
1 row in set (0.01 sec)

mysql> select array_with_constant(3, null), array_repeat(null, 3);
+------------------------------+-----------------------+
| array_with_constant(3, NULL) | array_repeat(NULL, 3) |
+------------------------------+-----------------------+
| [NULL, NULL, NULL] | [NULL, NULL, NULL] |
+------------------------------+-----------------------+
1 row in set (0.01 sec)

mysql> select array_with_constant(null, 3), array_repeat(3, null);
+------------------------------+-----------------------+
| array_with_constant(NULL, 3) | array_repeat(3, NULL) |
+------------------------------+-----------------------+
| [] | [] |
+------------------------------+-----------------------+
1 row in set (0.01 sec)

keywords​

ARRAY,WITH_CONSTANT,ARRAY_WITH_CONSTANT,ARRAY_REPEAT