datafusion_functions_nested/
flatten.rs1use crate::utils::make_scalar_function;
21use arrow::array::{Array, ArrayRef, GenericListArray, OffsetSizeTrait};
22use arrow::buffer::OffsetBuffer;
23use arrow::datatypes::{
24 DataType,
25 DataType::{FixedSizeList, LargeList, List, Null},
26};
27use datafusion_common::cast::{as_large_list_array, as_list_array};
28use datafusion_common::{Result, exec_err, utils::take_function_args};
29use datafusion_expr::{
30 ColumnarValue, Documentation, ScalarUDFImpl, Signature, Volatility,
31};
32use datafusion_macros::user_doc;
33use std::any::Any;
34use std::sync::Arc;
35
36make_udf_expr_and_func!(
37 Flatten,
38 flatten,
39 array,
40 "flattens an array of arrays into a single array.",
41 flatten_udf
42);
43
44#[user_doc(
45 doc_section(label = "Array Functions"),
46 description = "Converts an array of arrays to a flat array.\n\n- Applies to any depth of nested arrays\n- Does not change arrays that are already flat\n\nThe flattened array contains all the elements from all source arrays.",
47 syntax_example = "flatten(array)",
48 sql_example = r#"```sql
49> select flatten([[1, 2], [3, 4]]);
50+------------------------------+
51| flatten(List([1,2], [3,4])) |
52+------------------------------+
53| [1, 2, 3, 4] |
54+------------------------------+
55```"#,
56 argument(
57 name = "array",
58 description = "Array expression. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of array operators."
59 )
60)]
61#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
62pub struct Flatten {
63 signature: Signature,
64 aliases: Vec<String>,
65}
66
67impl Default for Flatten {
68 fn default() -> Self {
69 Self::new()
70 }
71}
72
73impl Flatten {
74 pub fn new() -> Self {
75 Self {
76 signature: Signature::array(Volatility::Immutable),
77 aliases: vec![],
78 }
79 }
80}
81
82impl ScalarUDFImpl for Flatten {
83 fn as_any(&self) -> &dyn Any {
84 self
85 }
86
87 fn name(&self) -> &str {
88 "flatten"
89 }
90
91 fn signature(&self) -> &Signature {
92 &self.signature
93 }
94
95 fn return_type(&self, arg_types: &[DataType]) -> Result<DataType> {
96 let data_type = match &arg_types[0] {
97 List(field) => match field.data_type() {
98 List(field) | FixedSizeList(field, _) => List(Arc::clone(field)),
99 LargeList(field) => LargeList(Arc::clone(field)),
100 _ => arg_types[0].clone(),
101 },
102 LargeList(field) => match field.data_type() {
103 List(field) | LargeList(field) | FixedSizeList(field, _) => {
104 LargeList(Arc::clone(field))
105 }
106 _ => arg_types[0].clone(),
107 },
108 Null => Null,
109 _ => exec_err!(
110 "Not reachable, data_type should be List, LargeList or FixedSizeList"
111 )?,
112 };
113
114 Ok(data_type)
115 }
116
117 fn invoke_with_args(
118 &self,
119 args: datafusion_expr::ScalarFunctionArgs,
120 ) -> Result<ColumnarValue> {
121 make_scalar_function(flatten_inner)(&args.args)
122 }
123
124 fn aliases(&self) -> &[String] {
125 &self.aliases
126 }
127
128 fn documentation(&self) -> Option<&Documentation> {
129 self.doc()
130 }
131}
132
133fn flatten_inner(args: &[ArrayRef]) -> Result<ArrayRef> {
134 let [array] = take_function_args("flatten", args)?;
135
136 match array.data_type() {
137 List(_) => {
138 let (_field, offsets, values, nulls) =
139 as_list_array(&array)?.clone().into_parts();
140 let values = cast_fsl_to_list(values)?;
141
142 match values.data_type() {
143 List(_) => {
144 let (inner_field, inner_offsets, inner_values, _) =
145 as_list_array(&values)?.clone().into_parts();
146 let offsets =
147 get_offsets_for_flatten::<i32, i32>(inner_offsets, &offsets);
148 let flattened_array = GenericListArray::<i32>::new(
149 inner_field,
150 offsets,
151 inner_values,
152 nulls,
153 );
154
155 Ok(Arc::new(flattened_array) as ArrayRef)
156 }
157 LargeList(_) => {
158 let (inner_field, inner_offsets, inner_values, _) =
159 as_large_list_array(&values)?.clone().into_parts();
160 let offsets =
161 get_offsets_for_flatten::<i64, i32>(inner_offsets, &offsets);
162 let flattened_array = GenericListArray::<i64>::new(
163 inner_field,
164 offsets,
165 inner_values,
166 nulls,
167 );
168 Ok(Arc::new(flattened_array) as ArrayRef)
169 }
170 _ => Ok(Arc::clone(array) as ArrayRef),
171 }
172 }
173 LargeList(_) => {
174 let (_field, offsets, values, nulls) =
175 as_large_list_array(&array)?.clone().into_parts();
176 let values = cast_fsl_to_list(values)?;
177
178 match values.data_type() {
179 List(_) => {
180 let (inner_field, inner_offsets, inner_values, _) =
181 as_list_array(&values)?.clone().into_parts();
182 let offsets = get_large_offsets_for_flatten(inner_offsets, &offsets);
183 let flattened_array = GenericListArray::<i64>::new(
184 inner_field,
185 offsets,
186 inner_values,
187 nulls,
188 );
189
190 Ok(Arc::new(flattened_array) as ArrayRef)
191 }
192 LargeList(_) => {
193 let (inner_field, inner_offsets, inner_values, _) =
194 as_large_list_array(&values)?.clone().into_parts();
195 let offsets =
196 get_offsets_for_flatten::<i64, i64>(inner_offsets, &offsets);
197 let flattened_array = GenericListArray::<i64>::new(
198 inner_field,
199 offsets,
200 inner_values,
201 nulls,
202 );
203
204 Ok(Arc::new(flattened_array) as ArrayRef)
205 }
206 _ => Ok(Arc::clone(array) as ArrayRef),
207 }
208 }
209 Null => Ok(Arc::clone(array)),
210 _ => {
211 exec_err!("flatten does not support type '{:?}'", array.data_type())
212 }
213 }
214}
215
216fn get_offsets_for_flatten<O: OffsetSizeTrait, P: OffsetSizeTrait>(
218 inner_offsets: OffsetBuffer<O>,
219 outer_offsets: &OffsetBuffer<P>,
220) -> OffsetBuffer<O> {
221 let buffer = inner_offsets.into_inner();
222 let offsets: Vec<O> = outer_offsets
223 .iter()
224 .map(|i| buffer[i.to_usize().unwrap()])
225 .collect();
226 OffsetBuffer::new(offsets.into())
227}
228
229fn get_large_offsets_for_flatten<O: OffsetSizeTrait, P: OffsetSizeTrait>(
231 inner_offsets: OffsetBuffer<O>,
232 outer_offsets: &OffsetBuffer<P>,
233) -> OffsetBuffer<i64> {
234 let buffer = inner_offsets.into_inner();
235 let offsets: Vec<i64> = outer_offsets
236 .iter()
237 .map(|i| buffer[i.to_usize().unwrap()].to_i64().unwrap())
238 .collect();
239 OffsetBuffer::new(offsets.into())
240}
241
242fn cast_fsl_to_list(array: ArrayRef) -> Result<ArrayRef> {
243 match array.data_type() {
244 FixedSizeList(field, _) => {
245 Ok(arrow::compute::cast(&array, &List(Arc::clone(field)))?)
246 }
247 _ => Ok(array),
248 }
249}