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Enum Support Functions</h2></div></div></div><p> + For enum types (described in <a class="xref" href="datatype-enum.html" title="8.7. Enumerated Types">Section 8.7</a>), + there are several functions that allow cleaner programming without + hard-coding particular values of an enum type. + These are listed in <a class="xref" href="functions-enum.html#FUNCTIONS-ENUM-TABLE" title="Table 9.35. Enum Support Functions">Table 9.35</a>. The examples + assume an enum type created as: + +</p><pre class="programlisting"> +CREATE TYPE rainbow AS ENUM ('red', 'orange', 'yellow', 'green', 'blue', 'purple'); +</pre><p> + + </p><div class="table" id="FUNCTIONS-ENUM-TABLE"><p class="title"><strong>Table 9.35. Enum Support Functions</strong></p><div class="table-contents"><table class="table" summary="Enum Support Functions" border="1"><colgroup><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th class="func_table_entry"><p class="func_signature"> + Function + </p> + <p> + Description + </p> + <p> + Example(s) + </p></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td class="func_table_entry"><p class="func_signature"> + <a id="id-1.5.8.16.3.2.2.1.1.1.1" class="indexterm"></a> + <code class="function">enum_first</code> ( <code class="type">anyenum</code> ) + → <code class="returnvalue">anyenum</code> + </p> + <p> + Returns the first value of the input enum type. + </p> + <p> + <code class="literal">enum_first(null::rainbow)</code> + → <code class="returnvalue">red</code> + </p></td></tr><tr><td class="func_table_entry"><p class="func_signature"> + <a id="id-1.5.8.16.3.2.2.2.1.1.1" class="indexterm"></a> + <code class="function">enum_last</code> ( <code class="type">anyenum</code> ) + → <code class="returnvalue">anyenum</code> + </p> + <p> + Returns the last value of the input enum type. + </p> + <p> + <code class="literal">enum_last(null::rainbow)</code> + → <code class="returnvalue">purple</code> + </p></td></tr><tr><td class="func_table_entry"><p class="func_signature"> + <a id="id-1.5.8.16.3.2.2.3.1.1.1" class="indexterm"></a> + <code class="function">enum_range</code> ( <code class="type">anyenum</code> ) + → <code class="returnvalue">anyarray</code> + </p> + <p> + Returns all values of the input enum type in an ordered array. + </p> + <p> + <code class="literal">enum_range(null::rainbow)</code> + → <code class="returnvalue">{red,orange,yellow,green,blue,purple}</code> + </p></td></tr><tr><td class="func_table_entry"><p class="func_signature"> + <code class="function">enum_range</code> ( <code class="type">anyenum</code>, <code class="type">anyenum</code> ) + → <code class="returnvalue">anyarray</code> + </p> + <p> + Returns the range between the two given enum values, as an ordered + array. The values must be from the same enum type. If the first + parameter is null, the result will start with the first value of + the enum type. + If the second parameter is null, the result will end with the last + value of the enum type. + </p> + <p> + <code class="literal">enum_range('orange'::rainbow, 'green'::rainbow)</code> + → <code class="returnvalue">{orange,yellow,green}</code> + </p> + <p> + <code class="literal">enum_range(NULL, 'green'::rainbow)</code> + → <code class="returnvalue">{red,orange,yellow,green}</code> + </p> + <p> + <code class="literal">enum_range('orange'::rainbow, NULL)</code> + → <code class="returnvalue">{orange,yellow,green,blue,purple}</code> + </p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /><p> + Notice that except for the two-argument form of <code class="function">enum_range</code>, + these functions disregard the specific value passed to them; they care + only about its declared data type. 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