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Clarify array generate_subscripts() documentation example.

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Tim Landscheidt
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Bruce Momjian 2010-06-03 02:06:10 +00:00
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml,v 1.514 2010/06/03 01:34:02 momjian Exp $ --> <!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml,v 1.515 2010/06/03 02:06:10 momjian Exp $ -->
<chapter id="functions"> <chapter id="functions">
<title>Functions and Operators</title> <title>Functions and Operators</title>
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elements). Some examples follow: elements). Some examples follow:
<programlisting> <programlisting>
-- basic usage -- basic usage
select generate_subscripts('{NULL,1,NULL,2}'::int[], 1) as s; SELECT generate_subscripts('{NULL,1,NULL,2}'::int[], 1) AS s;
s s
--- ---
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-- presenting an array, the subscript and the subscripted -- presenting an array, the subscript and the subscripted
-- value requires a subquery -- value requires a subquery
select * from arrays; SELECT * FROM arrays;
a a
-------------------- --------------------
{-1,-2} {-1,-2}
{100,200} {100,200,300}
(2 rows) (2 rows)
select a as array, s as subscript, a[s] as value SELECT a AS array, s AS subscript, a[s] AS value
from (select generate_subscripts(a, 1) as s, a from arrays) foo; FROM (SELECT generate_subscripts(a, 1) AS s, a FROM arrays) foo;
array | subscript | value array | subscript | value
-----------+-----------+------- ---------------+-----------+-------
{-1,-2} | 1 | -1 {-1,-2} | 1 | -1
{-1,-2} | 2 | -2 {-1,-2} | 2 | -2
{100,200} | 1 | 100 {100,200,300} | 1 | 100
{100,200} | 2 | 200 {100,200,300} | 2 | 200
(4 rows) {100,200,300} | 3 | 300
(5 rows)
-- unnest a 2D array -- unnest a 2D array
create or replace function unnest2(anyarray) CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION unnest2(anyarray)
returns setof anyelement as $$ RETURNS SETOF anyelement AS $$
select $1[i][j] select $1[i][j]
from generate_subscripts($1,1) g1(i), from generate_subscripts($1,1) g1(i),
generate_subscripts($1,2) g2(j); generate_subscripts($1,2) g2(j);
$$ language sql immutable; $$ LANGUAGE sql IMMUTABLE;
CREATE FUNCTION CREATE FUNCTION
postgres=# select * from unnest2(array[[1,2],[3,4]]); postgres=# SELECT * FROM unnest2(ARRAY[[1,2],[3,4]]);
unnest2 unnest2
--------- ---------
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