Categories:: String & Binary Functions (General) , Table Functions

SPLIT_TO_TABLE¶

This table function splits a string (based on a specified delimiter) and flattens the results into rows.

See also:: SPLIT

Syntax¶

SPLIT_TO_TABLE(<string>, <delimiter>)

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Arguments¶

string: Text to be split.
delimiter: Text to split string by.

Returns¶

The returned value is a table.

The returned rows consist of a fixed set of columns:

+-----+-------+-------+
| SEQ | INDEX | VALUE |
|-----+-------+-------|

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SEQ: A unique sequence number associated with the input record; the sequence is not guaranteed to be gap-free or ordered in any particular way.
INDEX: The index of the element. One based.
VALUE: The value of the element of the flattened array.

Note

The query can also access the columns of the original (correlated) table that served as the source of data for this function. If a single row from the original table resulted in multiple rows in the flattened view, the values in this input row are replicated to match the number of rows produced by SPLIT_TO_TABLE.

Examples¶

Here is a simple example on constant input.

SELECT table1.value 
    FROM table(split_to_table('a.b', '.')) AS table1
    ORDER BY table1.value;
+-------+
| VALUE |
|-------|
| a     |
| b     |
+-------+

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The following example uses the table and data created below:

CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE splittable (v VARCHAR);
INSERT INTO splittable (v) VALUES ('a.b.c'), ('d'), ('');

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This query shows usage of the function as a correlated table:

SELECT * 
    FROM splittable, LATERAL SPLIT_TO_TABLE(splittable.v, '.')
    ORDER BY SEQ, INDEX;
+-------+-----+-------+-------+
| V     | SEQ | INDEX | VALUE |
|-------+-----+-------+-------|
| a.b.c |   1 |     1 | a     |
| a.b.c |   1 |     2 | b     |
| a.b.c |   1 |     3 | c     |
| d     |   2 |     1 | d     |
|       |   3 |     1 |       |
+-------+-----+-------+-------+

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