array_sort

Description

Sorts the elements of an array in ascending order.

Syntax

array_sort(array)

Parameters

array: the array whose elements you want to sort. Only the ARRAY data type is supported.

Return value

Returns an array.

Usage notes

• This function can sort the elements of an array only in ascending order.

• NULL values are placed at the beginning of the array that is returned.

• If you want to sort the elements of an array in descending order, use the reverse function.

• The elements of the array that is returned are of the same data type as the elements of the array that you specify.

Examples

In this section, the following table is used as an example:

mysql> select * from test;

+------+--------------+

| c1   | c2           |

+------+--------------+

|    1 | [4,3,null,1] |

|    2 | NULL         |

|    3 | [null]       |

|    4 | [8,5,1,4]    |

+------+--------------+

Sort the values of column c2 in ascending order.

mysql> select c1, array_sort(c2) from test;

+------+------------------+

| c1   | array_sort(`c2`) |

+------+------------------+

|    1 | [null,1,3,4]     |

|    2 | NULL             |

|    3 | [null]           |

|    4 | [1,4,5,8]        |

+------+------------------+