Re: element from an array by its index

From: Sam Mason <sam(at)samason(dot)me(dot)uk>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: element from an array by its index
Date: 2009-07-21 14:47:30
Message-ID: 20090721144730.GO5407@samason.me.uk
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On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 04:08:51PM +0600, Murat Kabilov wrote:
> I would like to know if there is a function that extracts an element by its
> index from an array?

No, the syntax most people expect and use would be arr[ndx]. If you
want a function, it would be easy to do:

CREATE FUNCTION array_index(anyarray,int)
RETURNS anyelement IMMUTABLE
LANGUAGE sql AS $$
SELECT $1[$2]; $$;

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Sam http://samason.me.uk/

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