ELEMENT_AT

Retrieves the element of an array at a given index.

Syntax

ELEMENT_AT(ARRAY(E), INDEX)

Arguments

ARRAY(E)

Type: array

A array of values of any type.

INDEX

Type: integer

An integer indicating the index of the element to retrieve.

If INDEX > 0, this function provides the same functionality as the SQL-standard subscript operator ([]).

If INDEX < 0, this function accesses elements from the last to the first.

Note that if the ARRAY contains any null values, they are ignored in the indexing of the array.

Returns

Type: same as input

The element of ARRAY at the given INDEX.

Note that if the INDEX is 0, then the function returns null.

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Examples

ARRAY	INDEX	Output
[5,2,3,1,2,3]	1	5
[5,2,3,1,2,3]	4	1
[5,2,3,1,2,3]	10	NULL
[5,2,3,1,6,3]	-2	6
[a,2,p,34]	3	p

Transformation job example

SQL

CREATE JOB function_operator_example
    ADD_MISSING_COLUMNS = true	
AS INSERT INTO default_glue_catalog.upsolver_samples.orders_transformed_data
  MAP_COLUMNS_BY_NAME
    SELECT 
        ELEMENT_AT(ARRAY['a','2','','34'], 3) AS element_example1,
        ELEMENT_AT(ARRAY[1,2,3,null::bigint,4,5], 4) AS element_example2
    FROM default_glue_catalog.upsolver_samples.orders_raw_data 
    WHERE $commit_time BETWEEN run_start_time() AND run_end_time()
    GROUP BY shippinginfo_address_state
    LIMIT 1;

Query result

element_example1	element_example2
''	4