array_except function

Applies to: Databricks SQL Databricks Runtime

Returns an array of the elements in array1 but not in array2.

Syntax

array_except(array1, array2)

Arguments

• array1: An ARRAY of any type with comparable elements.
• array2: An ARRAY of elements sharing a least common type with the elements of array1.

Returns

An ARRAY of matching type to array1 with no duplicates.

Examples

> SELECT array_except(array(1, 2, 2, 3), array(1, 1, 3, 5));
 [2]

Related

• array_append function
• array_compact function
• array_distinct function
• array_intersect function
• array_sort function
• array_remove function
• array_union function
• SQL data type rules