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# Array functions

_Cloudflare Pipelines scalar function implementations are based on [Apache DataFusion ↗](https://arrow.apache.org/datafusion/) (via [Arroyo ↗](https://www.arroyo.dev/)) and these docs are derived from the DataFusion function reference._

## `array_append`

Appends an element to the end of an array.

```
array_append(array, element)
```

**Arguments**

* **array**: Array expression. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of array operators.
* **element**: Element to append to the array.

**Example**

```
> select array_append([1, 2, 3], 4);+--------------------------------------+| array_append(List([1,2,3]),Int64(4)) |+--------------------------------------+| [1, 2, 3, 4]                         |+--------------------------------------+
```

**Aliases**

* array\_push\_back
* list\_append
* list\_push\_back

## `array_sort`

Sort array.

```
array_sort(array, desc, nulls_first)
```

**Arguments**

* **array**: Array expression. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of array operators.
* **desc**: Whether to sort in descending order(`ASC` or `DESC`).
* **nulls\_first**: Whether to sort nulls first(`NULLS FIRST` or `NULLS LAST`).

**Example**

```
> select array_sort([3, 1, 2]);+-----------------------------+| array_sort(List([3,1,2]))   |+-----------------------------+| [1, 2, 3]                   |+-----------------------------+
```

**Aliases**

* list\_sort

## `array_resize`

Resizes the list to contain size elements. Initializes new elements with value or empty if value is not set.

```
array_resize(array, size, value)
```

**Arguments**

* **array**: Array expression. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of array operators.
* **size**: New size of given array.
* **value**: Defines new elements' value or empty if value is not set.

**Example**

```
> select array_resize([1, 2, 3], 5, 0);+-------------------------------------+| array_resize(List([1,2,3],5,0))     |+-------------------------------------+| [1, 2, 3, 0, 0]                     |+-------------------------------------+
```

**Aliases**

* list\_resize

## `array_cat`

_Alias of [array\_concat](#array%5Fconcat)._

## `array_concat`

Concatenates arrays.

```
array_concat(array[, ..., array_n])
```

**Arguments**

* **array**: Array expression to concatenate. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of array operators.
* **array\_n**: Subsequent array column or literal array to concatenate.

**Example**

```
> select array_concat([1, 2], [3, 4], [5, 6]);+---------------------------------------------------+| array_concat(List([1,2]),List([3,4]),List([5,6])) |+---------------------------------------------------+| [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]                                |+---------------------------------------------------+
```

**Aliases**

* array\_cat
* list\_cat
* list\_concat

## `array_contains`

_Alias of [array\_has](#array%5Fhas)._

## `array_has`

Returns true if the array contains the element

```
array_has(array, element)
```

**Arguments**

* **array**: Array expression. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of array operators.
* **element**: Scalar or Array expression. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of array operators.

**Aliases**

* list\_has

## `array_has_all`

Returns true if all elements of sub-array exist in array

```
array_has_all(array, sub-array)
```

**Arguments**

* **array**: Array expression. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of array operators.
* **sub-array**: Array expression. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of array operators.

**Aliases**

* list\_has\_all

## `array_has_any`

Returns true if any elements exist in both arrays

```
array_has_any(array, sub-array)
```

**Arguments**

* **array**: Array expression. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of array operators.
* **sub-array**: Array expression. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of array operators.

**Aliases**

* list\_has\_any

## `array_dims`

Returns an array of the array's dimensions.

```
array_dims(array)
```

**Arguments**

* **array**: Array expression. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of array operators.

**Example**

```
> select array_dims([[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]]);+---------------------------------+| array_dims(List([1,2,3,4,5,6])) |+---------------------------------+| [2, 3]                          |+---------------------------------+
```

**Aliases**

* list\_dims

## `array_distinct`

Returns distinct values from the array after removing duplicates.

```
array_distinct(array)
```

**Arguments**

* **array**: Array expression. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of array operators.

**Example**

```
> select array_distinct([1, 3, 2, 3, 1, 2, 4]);+---------------------------------+| array_distinct(List([1,2,3,4])) |+---------------------------------+| [1, 2, 3, 4]                    |+---------------------------------+
```

**Aliases**

* list\_distinct

## `array_element`

Extracts the element with the index n from the array.

```
array_element(array, index)
```

**Arguments**

* **array**: Array expression. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of array operators.
* **index**: Index to extract the element from the array.

**Example**

```
> select array_element([1, 2, 3, 4], 3);+-----------------------------------------+| array_element(List([1,2,3,4]),Int64(3)) |+-----------------------------------------+| 3                                       |+-----------------------------------------+
```

**Aliases**

* array\_extract
* list\_element
* list\_extract

## `array_extract`

_Alias of [array\_element](#array%5Felement)._

## `array_fill`

Returns an array filled with copies of the given value.

DEPRECATED: use `array_repeat` instead!

```
array_fill(element, array)
```

**Arguments**

* **array**: Array expression. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of array operators.
* **element**: Element to copy to the array.

## `flatten`

Converts an array of arrays to a flat array

* Applies to any depth of nested arrays
* Does not change arrays that are already flat

The flattened array contains all the elements from all source arrays.

**Arguments**

* **array**: Array expression Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of array operators.

```
flatten(array)
```

## `array_indexof`

_Alias of [array\_position](#array%5Fposition)._

## `array_intersect`

Returns an array of elements in the intersection of array1 and array2.

```
array_intersect(array1, array2)
```

**Arguments**

* **array1**: Array expression. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of array operators.
* **array2**: Array expression. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of array operators.

**Example**

```
> select array_intersect([1, 2, 3, 4], [5, 6, 3, 4]);+----------------------------------------------------+| array_intersect([1, 2, 3, 4], [5, 6, 3, 4]);       |+----------------------------------------------------+| [3, 4]                                             |+----------------------------------------------------+> select array_intersect([1, 2, 3, 4], [5, 6, 7, 8]);+----------------------------------------------------+| array_intersect([1, 2, 3, 4], [5, 6, 7, 8]);       |+----------------------------------------------------+| []                                                 |+----------------------------------------------------+
```

---

**Aliases**

* list\_intersect

## `array_join`

_Alias of [array\_to\_string](#array%5Fto%5Fstring)._

## `array_length`

Returns the length of the array dimension.

```
array_length(array, dimension)
```

**Arguments**

* **array**: Array expression. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of array operators.
* **dimension**: Array dimension.

**Example**

```
> select array_length([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]);+---------------------------------+| array_length(List([1,2,3,4,5])) |+---------------------------------+| 5                               |+---------------------------------+
```

**Aliases**

* list\_length

## `array_ndims`

Returns the number of dimensions of the array.

```
array_ndims(array, element)
```

**Arguments**

* **array**: Array expression. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of array operators.

**Example**

```
> select array_ndims([[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]]);+----------------------------------+| array_ndims(List([1,2,3,4,5,6])) |+----------------------------------+| 2                                |+----------------------------------+
```

**Aliases**

* list\_ndims

## `array_prepend`

Prepends an element to the beginning of an array.

```
array_prepend(element, array)
```

**Arguments**

* **element**: Element to prepend to the array.
* **array**: Array expression. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of array operators.

**Example**

```
> select array_prepend(1, [2, 3, 4]);+---------------------------------------+| array_prepend(Int64(1),List([2,3,4])) |+---------------------------------------+| [1, 2, 3, 4]                          |+---------------------------------------+
```

**Aliases**

* array\_push\_front
* list\_prepend
* list\_push\_front

## `array_pop_front`

Returns the array without the first element.

```
array_pop_front(array)
```

**Arguments**

* **array**: Array expression. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of array operators.

**Example**

```
> select array_pop_front([1, 2, 3]);+-------------------------------+| array_pop_front(List([1,2,3])) |+-------------------------------+| [2, 3]                        |+-------------------------------+
```

**Aliases**

* list\_pop\_front

## `array_pop_back`

Returns the array without the last element.

```
array_pop_back(array)
```

**Arguments**

* **array**: Array expression. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of array operators.

**Example**

```
> select array_pop_back([1, 2, 3]);+-------------------------------+| array_pop_back(List([1,2,3])) |+-------------------------------+| [1, 2]                        |+-------------------------------+
```

**Aliases**

* list\_pop\_back

## `array_position`

Returns the position of the first occurrence of the specified element in the array.

```
array_position(array, element)array_position(array, element, index)
```

**Arguments**

* **array**: Array expression. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of array operators.
* **element**: Element to search for position in the array.
* **index**: Index at which to start searching.

**Example**

```
> select array_position([1, 2, 2, 3, 1, 4], 2);+----------------------------------------------+| array_position(List([1,2,2,3,1,4]),Int64(2)) |+----------------------------------------------+| 2                                            |+----------------------------------------------+
```

**Aliases**

* array\_indexof
* list\_indexof
* list\_position

## `array_positions`

Searches for an element in the array, returns all occurrences.

```
array_positions(array, element)
```

**Arguments**

* **array**: Array expression. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of array operators.
* **element**: Element to search for positions in the array.

**Example**

```
> select array_positions([1, 2, 2, 3, 1, 4], 2);+-----------------------------------------------+| array_positions(List([1,2,2,3,1,4]),Int64(2)) |+-----------------------------------------------+| [2, 3]                                        |+-----------------------------------------------+
```

**Aliases**

* list\_positions

## `array_push_back`

_Alias of [array\_append](#array%5Fappend)._

## `array_push_front`

_Alias of [array\_prepend](#array%5Fprepend)._

## `array_repeat`

Returns an array containing element `count` times.

```
array_repeat(element, count)
```

**Arguments**

* **element**: Element expression. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of array operators.
* **count**: Value of how many times to repeat the element.

**Example**

```
> select array_repeat(1, 3);+---------------------------------+| array_repeat(Int64(1),Int64(3)) |+---------------------------------+| [1, 1, 1]                       |+---------------------------------+
```

```
> select array_repeat([1, 2], 2);+------------------------------------+| array_repeat(List([1,2]),Int64(2)) |+------------------------------------+| [[1, 2], [1, 2]]                   |+------------------------------------+
```

**Aliases**

* list\_repeat

## `array_remove`

Removes the first element from the array equal to the given value.

```
array_remove(array, element)
```

**Arguments**

* **array**: Array expression. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of array operators.
* **element**: Element to be removed from the array.

**Example**

```
> select array_remove([1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 1, 4], 2);+----------------------------------------------+| array_remove(List([1,2,2,3,2,1,4]),Int64(2)) |+----------------------------------------------+| [1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 4]                           |+----------------------------------------------+
```

**Aliases**

* list\_remove

## `array_remove_n`

Removes the first `max` elements from the array equal to the given value.

```
array_remove_n(array, element, max)
```

**Arguments**

* **array**: Array expression. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of array operators.
* **element**: Element to be removed from the array.
* **max**: Number of first occurrences to remove.

**Example**

```
> select array_remove_n([1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 1, 4], 2, 2);+---------------------------------------------------------+| array_remove_n(List([1,2,2,3,2,1,4]),Int64(2),Int64(2)) |+---------------------------------------------------------+| [1, 3, 2, 1, 4]                                         |+---------------------------------------------------------+
```

**Aliases**

* list\_remove\_n

## `array_remove_all`

Removes all elements from the array equal to the given value.

```
array_remove_all(array, element)
```

**Arguments**

* **array**: Array expression. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of array operators.
* **element**: Element to be removed from the array.

**Example**

```
> select array_remove_all([1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 1, 4], 2);+--------------------------------------------------+| array_remove_all(List([1,2,2,3,2,1,4]),Int64(2)) |+--------------------------------------------------+| [1, 3, 1, 4]                                     |+--------------------------------------------------+
```

**Aliases**

* list\_remove\_all

## `array_replace`

Replaces the first occurrence of the specified element with another specified element.

```
array_replace(array, from, to)
```

**Arguments**

* **array**: Array expression. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of array operators.
* **from**: Initial element.
* **to**: Final element.

**Example**

```
> select array_replace([1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 1, 4], 2, 5);+--------------------------------------------------------+| array_replace(List([1,2,2,3,2,1,4]),Int64(2),Int64(5)) |+--------------------------------------------------------+| [1, 5, 2, 3, 2, 1, 4]                                  |+--------------------------------------------------------+
```

**Aliases**

* list\_replace

## `array_replace_n`

Replaces the first `max` occurrences of the specified element with another specified element.

```
array_replace_n(array, from, to, max)
```

**Arguments**

* **array**: Array expression. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of array operators.
* **from**: Initial element.
* **to**: Final element.
* **max**: Number of first occurrences to replace.

**Example**

```
> select array_replace_n([1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 1, 4], 2, 5, 2);+-------------------------------------------------------------------+| array_replace_n(List([1,2,2,3,2,1,4]),Int64(2),Int64(5),Int64(2)) |+-------------------------------------------------------------------+| [1, 5, 5, 3, 2, 1, 4]                                             |+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
```

**Aliases**

* list\_replace\_n

## `array_replace_all`

Replaces all occurrences of the specified element with another specified element.

```
array_replace_all(array, from, to)
```

**Arguments**

* **array**: Array expression. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of array operators.
* **from**: Initial element.
* **to**: Final element.

**Example**

```
> select array_replace_all([1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 1, 4], 2, 5);+------------------------------------------------------------+| array_replace_all(List([1,2,2,3,2,1,4]),Int64(2),Int64(5)) |+------------------------------------------------------------+| [1, 5, 5, 3, 5, 1, 4]                                      |+------------------------------------------------------------+
```

**Aliases**

* list\_replace\_all

## `array_reverse`

Returns the array with the order of the elements reversed.

```
array_reverse(array)
```

**Arguments**

* **array**: Array expression. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of array operators.

**Example**

```
> select array_reverse([1, 2, 3, 4]);+------------------------------------------------------------+| array_reverse(List([1, 2, 3, 4]))                          |+------------------------------------------------------------+| [4, 3, 2, 1]                                               |+------------------------------------------------------------+
```

**Aliases**

* list\_reverse

## `array_slice`

Returns a slice of the array based on 1-indexed start and end positions.

```
array_slice(array, begin, end)
```

**Arguments**

* **array**: Array expression. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of array operators.
* **begin**: Index of the first element. If negative, it counts backward from the end of the array.
* **end**: Index of the last element. If negative, it counts backward from the end of the array.
* **stride**: Stride of the array slice. The default is 1.

**Example**

```
> select array_slice([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8], 3, 6);+--------------------------------------------------------+| array_slice(List([1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]),Int64(3),Int64(6)) |+--------------------------------------------------------+| [3, 4, 5, 6]                                           |+--------------------------------------------------------+
```

**Aliases**

* list\_slice

## `array_to_string`

Converts each element to its text representation.

```
array_to_string(array, delimiter)
```

**Arguments**

* **array**: Array expression. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of array operators.
* **delimiter**: Array element separator.

**Example**

```
> select array_to_string([[1, 2, 3, 4], [5, 6, 7, 8]], ',');+----------------------------------------------------+| array_to_string(List([1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]),Utf8(",")) |+----------------------------------------------------+| 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8                                    |+----------------------------------------------------+
```

**Aliases**

* array\_join
* list\_join
* list\_to\_string

## `array_union`

Returns an array of elements that are present in both arrays (all elements from both arrays) with out duplicates.

```
array_union(array1, array2)
```

**Arguments**

* **array1**: Array expression. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of array operators.
* **array2**: Array expression. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of array operators.

**Example**

```
> select array_union([1, 2, 3, 4], [5, 6, 3, 4]);+----------------------------------------------------+| array_union([1, 2, 3, 4], [5, 6, 3, 4]);           |+----------------------------------------------------+| [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]                                 |+----------------------------------------------------+> select array_union([1, 2, 3, 4], [5, 6, 7, 8]);+----------------------------------------------------+| array_union([1, 2, 3, 4], [5, 6, 7, 8]);           |+----------------------------------------------------+| [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]                           |+----------------------------------------------------+
```

---

**Aliases**

* list\_union

## `array_except`

Returns an array of the elements that appear in the first array but not in the second.

```
array_except(array1, array2)
```

**Arguments**

* **array1**: Array expression. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of array operators.
* **array2**: Array expression. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of array operators.

**Example**

```
> select array_except([1, 2, 3, 4], [5, 6, 3, 4]);+----------------------------------------------------+| array_except([1, 2, 3, 4], [5, 6, 3, 4]);           |+----------------------------------------------------+| [1, 2]                                 |+----------------------------------------------------+> select array_except([1, 2, 3, 4], [3, 4, 5, 6]);+----------------------------------------------------+| array_except([1, 2, 3, 4], [3, 4, 5, 6]);           |+----------------------------------------------------+| [1, 2]                                 |+----------------------------------------------------+
```

---

**Aliases**

* list\_except

## `cardinality`

Returns the total number of elements in the array.

```
cardinality(array)
```

**Arguments**

* **array**: Array expression. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of array operators.

**Example**

```
> select cardinality([[1, 2, 3, 4], [5, 6, 7, 8]]);+--------------------------------------+| cardinality(List([1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8])) |+--------------------------------------+| 8                                    |+--------------------------------------+
```

## `empty`

Returns 1 for an empty array or 0 for a non-empty array.

```
empty(array)
```

**Arguments**

* **array**: Array expression. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of array operators.

**Example**

```
> select empty([1]);+------------------+| empty(List([1])) |+------------------+| 0                |+------------------+
```

**Aliases**

* array\_empty,
* list\_empty

## `generate_series`

Similar to the range function, but it includes the upper bound.

```
generate_series(start, stop, step)
```

**Arguments**

* **start**: start of the range
* **end**: end of the range (included)
* **step**: increase by step (can not be 0)

**Example**

```
> select generate_series(1,3);+------------------------------------+| generate_series(Int64(1),Int64(3)) |+------------------------------------+| [1, 2, 3]                          |+------------------------------------+
```

## `list_append`

_Alias of [array\_append](#array%5Fappend)._

## `list_cat`

_Alias of [array\_concat](#array%5Fconcat)._

## `list_concat`

_Alias of [array\_concat](#array%5Fconcat)._

## `list_dims`

_Alias of [array\_dims](#array%5Fdims)._

## `list_distinct`

_Alias of [array\_dims](#array%5Fdistinct)._

## `list_element`

_Alias of [array\_element](#array%5Felement)._

## `list_empty`

_Alias of [empty](#empty)._

## `list_except`

_Alias of [array\_element](#array%5Fexcept)._

## `list_extract`

_Alias of [array\_element](#array%5Felement)._

## `list_has`

_Alias of [array\_has](#array%5Fhas)._

## `list_has_all`

_Alias of [array\_has\_all](#array%5Fhas%5Fall)._

## `list_has_any`

_Alias of [array\_has\_any](#array%5Fhas%5Fany)._

## `list_indexof`

_Alias of [array\_position](#array%5Fposition)._

## `list_intersect`

_Alias of [array\_position](#array%5Fintersect)._

## `list_join`

_Alias of [array\_to\_string](#array%5Fto%5Fstring)._

## `list_length`

_Alias of [array\_length](#array%5Flength)._

## `list_ndims`

_Alias of [array\_ndims](#array%5Fndims)._

## `list_prepend`

_Alias of [array\_prepend](#array%5Fprepend)._

## `list_pop_back`

_Alias of [array\_pop\_back](#array%5Fpop%5Fback)._

## `list_pop_front`

_Alias of [array\_pop\_front](#array%5Fpop%5Ffront)._

## `list_position`

_Alias of [array\_position](#array%5Fposition)._

## `list_positions`

_Alias of [array\_positions](#array%5Fpositions)._

## `list_push_back`

_Alias of [array\_append](#array%5Fappend)._

## `list_push_front`

_Alias of [array\_prepend](#array%5Fprepend)._

## `list_repeat`

_Alias of [array\_repeat](#array%5Frepeat)._

## `list_resize`

_Alias of [array\_resize](#array%5Fresize)._

## `list_remove`

_Alias of [array\_remove](#array%5Fremove)._

## `list_remove_n`

_Alias of [array\_remove\_n](#array%5Fremove%5Fn)._

## `list_remove_all`

_Alias of [array\_remove\_all](#array%5Fremove%5Fall)._

## `list_replace`

_Alias of [array\_replace](#array%5Freplace)._

## `list_replace_n`

_Alias of [array\_replace\_n](#array%5Freplace%5Fn)._

## `list_replace_all`

_Alias of [array\_replace\_all](#array%5Freplace%5Fall)._

## `list_reverse`

_Alias of [array\_reverse](#array%5Freverse)._

## `list_slice`

_Alias of [array\_slice](#array%5Fslice)._

## `list_sort`

_Alias of [array\_sort](#array%5Fsort)._

## `list_to_string`

_Alias of [array\_to\_string](#array%5Fto%5Fstring)._

## `list_union`

_Alias of [array\_union](#array%5Funion)._

## `make_array`

Returns an Arrow array using the specified input expressions.

```
make_array(expression1[, ..., expression_n])
```

## `array_empty`

_Alias of [empty](#empty)._

**Arguments**

* **expression\_n**: Expression to include in the output array. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of arithmetic or string operators.

**Example**

```
> select make_array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5);+----------------------------------------------------------+| make_array(Int64(1),Int64(2),Int64(3),Int64(4),Int64(5)) |+----------------------------------------------------------+| [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]                                          |+----------------------------------------------------------+
```

**Aliases**

* make\_list

## `make_list`

_Alias of [make\_array](#make%5Farray)._

## `string_to_array`

Splits a string in to an array of substrings based on a delimiter. Any substrings matching the optional `null_str` argument are replaced with NULL. `SELECT string_to_array('abc##def', '##')` or `SELECT string_to_array('abc def', ' ', 'def')`

```
starts_with(str, delimiter[, null_str])
```

**Arguments**

* **str**: String expression to split.
* **delimiter**: Delimiter string to split on.
* **null\_str**: Substring values to be replaced with `NULL`

**Aliases**

* string\_to\_list

## `string_to_list`

_Alias of [string\_to\_array](#string%5Fto%5Farray)._

## `trim_array`

Removes the last n elements from the array.

DEPRECATED: use `array_slice` instead!

```
trim_array(array, n)
```

**Arguments**

* **array**: Array expression. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of array operators.
* **n**: Element to trim the array.

## `range`

Returns an Arrow array between start and stop with step. `SELECT range(2, 10, 3) -> [2, 5, 8]` or `SELECT range(DATE '1992-09-01', DATE '1993-03-01', INTERVAL '1' MONTH);`

The range start..end contains all values with start <= x < end. It is empty if start >= end.

Step can not be 0 (then the range will be nonsense.).

Note that when the required range is a number, it accepts (stop), (start, stop), and (start, stop, step) as parameters, but when the required range is a date, it must be 3 non-NULL parameters. For example,

```
SELECT range(3);SELECT range(1,5);SELECT range(1,5,1);
```

are allowed in number ranges

but in date ranges, only

```
SELECT range(DATE '1992-09-01', DATE '1993-03-01', INTERVAL '1' MONTH);
```

is allowed, and

```
SELECT range(DATE '1992-09-01', DATE '1993-03-01', NULL);SELECT range(NULL, DATE '1993-03-01', INTERVAL '1' MONTH);SELECT range(DATE '1992-09-01', NULL, INTERVAL '1' MONTH);
```

are not allowed

**Arguments**

* **start**: start of the range
* **end**: end of the range (not included)
* **step**: increase by step (can not be 0)

**Aliases**

* generate\_series

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