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array_reverse_sort

array_reverse_sort

SinceVersion 1.2.3

array_reverse_sort

description

Syntax

ARRAY<T> array_reverse_sort(ARRAY<T> arr)

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

notice

Only supported in vectorized engine

example

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

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

keywords

ARRAY, SORT, REVERSE, ARRAY_SORT, ARRAY_REVERSE_SORT