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+ 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. Either null or a specific value of
+ the type can be passed, with the same result. It is more common to
+ apply these functions to a table column or function argument than to
+ a hardwired type name as used in the examples.
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