shuffle function

Applies to: Databricks SQL Databricks Runtime

Returns a random permutation of the array in expr.

Syntax

shuffle(expr)

Arguments

• expr: An ARRAY expression.

Returns

The result type matches the type expr.

This function is non-deterministic.

Examples

> SELECT shuffle(array(1, 20, 3, 5));
 [3,1,5,20]
> SELECT shuffle(array(1, 20, NULL, 3));
 [20,NULL,3,1]

Related functions

• array_sort function
• sort_array function