array_sort
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.
example
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| 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] |
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mysql> select k1, k2, array_sort(k2) from array_test01;
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| 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'] |
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ARRAY, SORT, ARRAY_SORT