ARRAY_TO_STRING

Reference material for ARRAY_TO_STRING function

Converts each array element to its text representation, and concatenates those using an optional delimiter. If no delimiter is provided, an empty string is used instead. NULL array elements are omitted.

Alias: ARRAY_JOIN

Syntax

ARRAY_TO_STRING(<array>[, <delimiter>])

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Supported input types
<array>	An array to be concatenated	ARRAY
<delimiter>	The delimiter used for concatenating the array elements	TEXT

Return Type

TEXT

Example

In the example below, the three elements are concatenated with no delimiter.

SELECT
	ARRAY_TO_STRING([ '1', '2', '3' ]) AS levels;

Returns: 123

In this example below, the levels are concatenated separated by a comma.

SELECT
	ARRAY_TO_STRING([ '1', '2', '3' ], ',') AS levels;

Returns: 1,2,3

In this example below, the elements of a nested array containing a NULL are concatenated.

SELECT
	ARRAY_TO_STRING([ [ 1, 2 ], [3, 4], [NULL, 5] ], ',') AS levels;

Returns: 1,2,3,4,5