split_to_array function - Amazon Redshift
SyntaxArgumentsReturn typeExample

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split_to_array function

Uses a delimiter as an optional parameter. If no delimiter is present, then the default is a comma.

Syntax

split_to_array( string,delimiter )

Arguments

string

The input string to be split.

delimiter

An optional value on which the input string will be split. The default is a comma.

Return type

The split_to_array function returns a SUPER data value.

Example

The following example show a split_to_array function.

SELECT SPLIT_TO_ARRAY('12|345|6789', '|');
     split_to_array
-------------------------
 ["12","345","6789"]
(1 row)