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extractKeyValuePairs​

Introduced in: v

Extracts key-value pairs from any string. The string does not need to be 100% structured in a key value pair format;

It can contain noise (e.g. log files). The key-value pair format to be interpreted should be specified via function arguments.

A key-value pair consists of a key followed by a key_value_delimiter and a value. Quoted keys and values are also supported. Key value pairs must be separated by pair delimiters.

Syntax

extractKeyValuePairs(data, [key_value_delimiter], [pair_delimiter], [quoting_character])

Arguments

  • data - String to extract key-value pairs from. String or FixedString.
  • key_value_delimiter - Character to be used as delimiter between the key and the value. Defaults to :. String or FixedString.
  • pair_delimiters - Set of character to be used as delimiters between pairs. Defaults to \space, , and ;. String or FixedString.
  • quoting_character - Character to be used as quoting character. Defaults to ". String or FixedString.
  • unexpected_quoting_character_strategy - Strategy to handle quoting characters in unexpected places during read_key and read_value phase. Possible values: invalid, accept and promote. Invalid will discard key/value and transition back to WAITING_KEY state. Accept will treat it as a normal character. Promote will transition to READ_QUOTED_{KEY/VALUE} state and start from next character. The default value is INVALID

Returned values

  • The extracted key-value pairs in a Map(String, String).

Examples

Query:

Simple case

arthur :) select extractKeyValuePairs('name:neymar, age:31 team:psg,nationality:brazil') as kv

SELECT extractKeyValuePairs('name:neymar, age:31 team:psg,nationality:brazil') as kv

Query id: f9e0ca6f-3178-4ee2-aa2c-a5517abb9cee

┌─kv──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ {'name':'neymar','age':'31','team':'psg','nationality':'brazil'}        │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Single quote as quoting character

arthur :) select extractKeyValuePairs('name:\'neymar\';\'age\':31;team:psg;nationality:brazil,last_key:last_value', ':', ';,', '\'') as kv

SELECT extractKeyValuePairs('name:\'neymar\';\'age\':31;team:psg;nationality:brazil,last_key:last_value', ':', ';,', '\'') as kv

Query id: 0e22bf6b-9844-414a-99dc-32bf647abd5e

┌─kv───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ {'name':'neymar','age':'31','team':'psg','nationality':'brazil','last_key':'last_value'}                                 │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

unexpected_quoting_character_strategy examples:

unexpected_quoting_character_strategy=invalid

SELECT extractKeyValuePairs('name"abc:5', ':', ' ,;', '\"', 'INVALID') as kv;

┌─kv────────────────┐
│ {'abc':'5'}  │
└───────────────────┘

SELECT extractKeyValuePairs('name"abc":5', ':', ' ,;', '\"', 'INVALID') as kv;

┌─kv──┐
│ {}  │
└─────┘

unexpected_quoting_character_strategy=accept

SELECT extractKeyValuePairs('name"abc:5', ':', ' ,;', '\"', 'ACCEPT') as kv;

┌─kv────────────────┐
│ {'name"abc':'5'}  │
└───────────────────┘

SELECT extractKeyValuePairs('name"abc":5', ':', ' ,;', '\"', 'ACCEPT') as kv;

┌─kv─────────────────┐
│ {'name"abc"':'5'}  │
└────────────────────┘

unexpected_quoting_character_strategy=promote

SELECT extractKeyValuePairs('name"abc:5', ':', ' ,;', '\"', 'PROMOTE') as kv;

┌─kv──┐
│ {}  │
└─────┘

SELECT extractKeyValuePairs('name"abc":5', ':', ' ,;', '\"', 'PROMOTE') as kv;

┌─kv───────────┐
│ {'abc':'5'}  │
└──────────────┘

Escape sequences without escape sequences support

arthur :) select extractKeyValuePairs('age:a\\x0A\\n\\0') as kv

SELECT extractKeyValuePairs('age:a\\x0A\\n\\0') AS kv

Query id: e9fd26ee-b41f-4a11-b17f-25af6fd5d356

┌─kv────────────────────┐
│ {'age':'a\\x0A\\n\\0'} │
└───────────────────────┘

Syntax

Aliases: str_to_map, mapFromString

Arguments

  • None.

Returned value

Examples

extractKeyValuePairsWithEscaping​

Introduced in: v

Same as extractKeyValuePairs but with escaping support.

Escape sequences supported: \x, \N, \a, \b, \e, \f, \n, \r, \t, \v and \0. Non standard escape sequences are returned as it is (including the backslash) unless they are one of the following: \\, ', ", backtick, /, = or ASCII control characters (c <= 31).

This function will satisfy the use case where pre-escaping and post-escaping are not suitable. For instance, consider the following input string: a: "aaaa\"bbb". The expected output is: a: aaaa\"bbbb.

  • Pre-escaping: Pre-escaping it will output: a: "aaaa"bbb" and extractKeyValuePairs will then output: a: aaaa
  • Post-escaping: extractKeyValuePairs will output a: aaaa\ and post-escaping will keep it as it is.

Leading escape sequences will be skipped in keys and will be considered invalid for values.

Escape sequences with escape sequence support turned on

arthur :) select extractKeyValuePairsWithEscaping('age:a\\x0A\\n\\0') as kv

SELECT extractKeyValuePairsWithEscaping('age:a\\x0A\\n\\0') AS kv

Query id: 44c114f0-5658-4c75-ab87-4574de3a1645

┌─kv───────────────┐
│ {'age':'a\n\n\0'} │
└──────────────────┘

Syntax

Arguments

  • None.

Returned value

Examples

map​

Introduced in: v21.1

Creates a value of type Map(key, value) from key-value pairs.

Syntax

map(key1, value1[, key2, value2, ...])

Arguments

  • key_n — The keys of the map entries. Any
  • value_n — The values of the map entries. Any

Returned value

Returns a map containing key:value pairs. Map(Any, Any)

Examples

Usage example

SELECT map('key1', number, 'key2', number * 2) FROM numbers(3)

{'key1':0,'key2':0}
{'key1':1,'key2':2}
{'key1':2,'key2':4}

mapAdd​

Introduced in: v20.7

Collect all the keys and sum corresponding values.

Syntax

mapAdd(arg1[, arg2, ...])

Arguments

  • arg1[, arg2, ...] — Maps or tuples of two arrays in which items in the first array represent keys, and the second array contains values for each key. Map(K, V) or Tuple(Array(T), Array(T))

Returned value

Returns a map or returns a tuple, where the first array contains the sorted keys and the second array contains values. Map(K, V) or Tuple(Array(T), Array(T))

Examples

With Map type

SELECT mapAdd(map(1, 1), map(1, 1))

{1:2}

With tuple

SELECT mapAdd(([toUInt8(1), 2], [1, 1]), ([toUInt8(1), 2], [1, 1]))

([1, 2], [2, 2])

mapAll​

Introduced in: v23.4

Tests whether a condition holds for all key-value pairs in a map. mapAll is a higher-order function. You can pass a lambda function to it as the first argument.

Syntax

mapAll([func,] map)

Arguments

Returned value

Returns 1 if all key-value pairs satisfy the condition, 0 otherwise. UInt8

Examples

Usage example

SELECT mapAll((k, v) -> v = 1, map('k1', 1, 'k2', 2))

0

mapApply​

Introduced in: v22.3

Applies a function to each element of a map.

Syntax

mapApply(func, map)

Arguments

Returned value

Returns a new map obtained from the original map by application of func for each element. Map(K, V)

Examples

Usage example

SELECT mapApply((k, v) -> (k, v * 2), map('k1', 1, 'k2', 2))

{'k1':2,'k2':4}

mapConcat​

Introduced in: v23.4

Concatenates multiple maps based on the equality of their keys. If elements with the same key exist in more than one input map, all elements are added to the result map, but only the first one is accessible via operator [].

Syntax

mapConcat(maps)

Arguments

  • maps — Arbitrarily many maps. Map

Returned value

Returns a map with concatenated maps passed as arguments. Map

Examples

Usage example

SELECT mapConcat(map('k1', 'v1'), map('k2', 'v2'))

{'k1':'v1','k2':'v2'}

mapContainsKey​

Introduced in: v21.2

Determines if a key is contained in a map.

Syntax

mapContains(map, key)

Aliases: mapContains

Arguments

  • map — Map to search in. Map(K, V)
  • key — Key to search for. Type must match the key type of the map. Any

Returned value

Returns 1 if map contains key, 0 if not. UInt8

Examples

Usage example

SELECT mapContainsKey(map('k1', 'v1', 'k2', 'v2'), 'k1')

1

mapContainsKeyLike​

Introduced in: v23.4

Checks whether map contains key LIKE specified pattern.

Syntax

mapContainsKeyLike(map, pattern)

Arguments

Returned value

Returns 1 if map contains a key matching pattern, 0 otherwise. UInt8

Examples

Usage example

CREATE TABLE tab (a Map(String, String))
ENGINE = MergeTree
ORDER BY tuple();

INSERT INTO tab VALUES ({'abc':'abc','def':'def'}), ({'hij':'hij','klm':'klm'});

SELECT mapContainsKeyLike(a, 'a%') FROM tab;

┌─mapContainsKeyLike(a, 'a%')─┐
│                           1 │
│                           0 │
└─────────────────────────────┘

mapContainsValue​

Introduced in: v25.6

Determines if a value is contained in a map.

Syntax

mapContainsValue(map, value)

Arguments

  • map — Map to search in. Map(K, V)
  • value — Value to search for. Type must match the value type of map. Any

Returned value

Returns 1 if the map contains the value, 0 if not. UInt8

Examples

Usage example

SELECT mapContainsValue(map('k1', 'v1', 'k2', 'v2'), 'v1')

1

mapContainsValueLike​

Introduced in: v25.5

Checks whether a map contains a value LIKE the specified pattern.

Syntax

mapContainsValueLike(map, pattern)

Arguments

Returned value

Returns 1 if map contains a value matching pattern, 0 otherwise. UInt8

Examples

Usage example

CREATE TABLE tab (a Map(String, String))
ENGINE = MergeTree
ORDER BY tuple();

INSERT INTO tab VALUES ({'abc':'abc','def':'def'}), ({'hij':'hij','klm':'klm'});

SELECT mapContainsValueLike(a, 'a%') FROM tab;

┌─mapContainsV⋯ke(a, 'a%')─┐
│                        1 │
│                        0 │
└──────────────────────────┘

mapExists​

Introduced in: v23.4

Tests whether a condition holds for at least one key-value pair in a map. mapExists is a higher-order function. You can pass a lambda function to it as the first argument.

Syntax

mapExists([func,] map)

Arguments

Returned value

Returns 1 if at least one key-value pair satisfies the condition, 0 otherwise. UInt8

Examples

Usage example

SELECT mapExists((k, v) -> v = 1, map('k1', 1, 'k2', 2))

1

mapExtractKeyLike​

Introduced in: v23.4

Give a map with string keys and a LIKE pattern, this function returns a map with elements where the key matches the pattern.

Syntax

mapExtractKeyLike(map, pattern)

Arguments

Returned value

Returns a map containing elements the key matching the specified pattern. If no elements match the pattern, an empty map is returned. Map(K, V)

Examples

Usage example

CREATE TABLE tab (a Map(String, String))
ENGINE = MergeTree
ORDER BY tuple();

INSERT INTO tab VALUES ({'abc':'abc','def':'def'}), ({'hij':'hij','klm':'klm'});

SELECT mapExtractKeyLike(a, 'a%') FROM tab;

┌─mapExtractKeyLike(a, 'a%')─┐
│ {'abc':'abc'}              │
│ {}                         │
└────────────────────────────┘

mapExtractValueLike​

Introduced in: v25.5

Given a map with string values and a LIKE pattern, this function returns a map with elements where the value matches the pattern.

Syntax

mapExtractValueLike(map, pattern)

Arguments

Returned value

Returns a map containing elements the value matching the specified pattern. If no elements match the pattern, an empty map is returned. Map(K, V)

Examples

Usage example

CREATE TABLE tab (a Map(String, String))
ENGINE = MergeTree
ORDER BY tuple();

INSERT INTO tab VALUES ({'abc':'abc','def':'def'}), ({'hij':'hij','klm':'klm'});

SELECT mapExtractValueLike(a, 'a%') FROM tab;

┌─mapExtractValueLike(a, 'a%')─┐
│ {'abc':'abc'}                │
│ {}                           │
└──────────────────────────────┘

mapFilter​

Introduced in: v22.3

Filters a map by applying a function to each map element.

Syntax

mapFilter(func, map)

Arguments

Returned value

Returns a map containing only the elements in the map for which func returns something other than 0. Map(K, V)

Examples

Usage example

SELECT mapFilter((k, v) -> v > 1, map('k1', 1, 'k2', 2))

{'k2':2}

mapFromArrays​

Introduced in: v23.3

Creates a map from an array or map of keys and an array or map of values. The function is a convenient alternative to syntax CAST([...], 'Map(key_type, value_type)').

Syntax

mapFromArrays(keys, values)

Aliases: MAP_FROM_ARRAYS

Arguments

  • keys — Array or map of keys to create the map from. Array or Map
  • values — Array or map of values to create the map from. Array or Map

Returned value

Returns a map with keys and values constructed from the key array and value array/map. Map

Examples

Basic usage

SELECT mapFromArrays(['a', 'b', 'c'], [1, 2, 3])

{'a':1,'b':2,'c':3}

With map inputs

SELECT mapFromArrays([1, 2, 3], map('a', 1, 'b', 2, 'c', 3))

{1:('a', 1), 2:('b', 2), 3:('c', 3)}

mapKeys​

Introduced in: v21.2

Returns the keys of a given map. This function can be optimized by enabling setting optimize_functions_to_subcolumns. With the setting enabled, the function only reads the keys subcolumn instead of the entire map. The query SELECT mapKeys(m) FROM table is transformed to SELECT m.keys FROM table.

Syntax

mapKeys(map)

Arguments

  • map — Map to extract keys from. Map(K, V)

Returned value

Returns array containing all keys from the map. Array(T)

Examples

Usage example

SELECT mapKeys(map('k1', 'v1', 'k2', 'v2'))

['k1','k2']

mapPartialReverseSort​

Introduced in: v23.4

Sorts the elements of a map in descending order with additional limit argument allowing partial sorting. If the func function is specified, the sorting order is determined by the result of the func function applied to the keys and values of the map.

Syntax

mapPartialReverseSort([func,] limit, map)

Arguments

Returned value

Returns a partially sorted map in descending order. Map(K, V)

Examples

Usage example

SELECT mapPartialReverseSort((k, v) -> v, 2, map('k1', 3, 'k2', 1, 'k3', 2))

{'k1':3,'k3':2,'k2':1}

mapPartialSort​

Introduced in: v23.4

Sorts the elements of a map in ascending order with additional limit argument allowing partial sorting. If the func function is specified, the sorting order is determined by the result of the func function applied to the keys and values of the map.

Syntax

mapPartialSort([func,] limit, map)

Arguments

Returned value

Returns a partially sorted map. Map(K, V)

Examples

Usage example

SELECT mapPartialSort((k, v) -> v, 2, map('k1', 3, 'k2', 1, 'k3', 2))

{'k2':1,'k3':2,'k1':3}

mapPopulateSeries​

Introduced in: v20.10

Fills missing key-value pairs in a map with integer keys. To support extending the keys beyond the largest value, a maximum key can be specified. More specifically, the function returns a map in which the keys form a series from the smallest to the largest key (or max argument if specified) with step size of 1, and corresponding values. If no value is specified for a key, a default value is used as value. In case keys repeat, only the first value (in order of appearance) is associated with the key.

Syntax

mapPopulateSeries(map[, max]) | mapPopulateSeries(keys, values[, max])

Arguments

Returned value

Returns a map or a tuple of two arrays where the first has keys in sorted order, and the second values for the corresponding keys. Map(K, V) or Tuple(Array(UInt*), Array(Any))

Examples

With Map type

SELECT mapPopulateSeries(map(1, 10, 5, 20), 6)

{1:10, 2:0, 3:0, 4:0, 5:20, 6:0}

With mapped arrays

SELECT mapPopulateSeries([1, 2, 4], [11, 22, 44], 5)

([1, 2, 3, 4, 5], [11, 22, 0, 44, 0])

mapReverseSort​

Introduced in: v23.4

Sorts the elements of a map in descending order. If the func function is specified, the sorting order is determined by the result of the func function applied to the keys and values of the map.

Syntax

mapReverseSort([func,] map)

Arguments

Returned value

Returns a map sorted in descending order. Map(K, V)

Examples

Usage example

SELECT mapReverseSort((k, v) -> v, map('k1', 3, 'k2', 1, 'k3', 2))

{'k1':3,'k3':2,'k2':1}

mapSort​

Introduced in: v23.4

Sorts the elements of a map in ascending order. If the func function is specified, the sorting order is determined by the result of the func function applied to the keys and values of the map.

Syntax

mapSort([func,] map)

Arguments

Returned value

Returns a map sorted in ascending order. Map(K, V)

Examples

Usage example

SELECT mapSort((k, v) -> v, map('k1', 3, 'k2', 1, 'k3', 2))

{'k2':1,'k3':2,'k1':3}

mapSubtract​

Introduced in: v20.7

Collect all the keys and subtract corresponding values.

Syntax

mapSubtract(arg1[, arg2, ...])

Arguments

  • arg1[, arg2, ...] — Maps or tuples of two arrays in which items in the first array represent keys, and the second array contains values for each key. Map(K, V) or Tuple(Array(T), Array(T))

Returned value

Returns one map or tuple, where the first array contains the sorted keys and the second array contains values. Map(K, V) or Tuple(Array(T), Array(T))

Examples

With Map type

SELECT mapSubtract(map(1, 1), map(1, 1))

{1:0}

With tuple map

SELECT mapSubtract(([toUInt8(1), 2], [toInt32(1), 1]), ([toUInt8(1), 2], [toInt32(2), 1]))

([1, 2], [-1, 0])

mapUpdate​

Introduced in: v22.3

For two maps, returns the first map with values updated on the values for the corresponding keys in the second map.

Syntax

mapUpdate(map1, map2)

Arguments

Returned value

Returns map1 with values updated from values for the corresponding keys in map2. Map(K, V)

Examples

Basic usage

SELECT mapUpdate(map('key1', 0, 'key3', 0), map('key1', 10, 'key2', 10))

{'key3':0,'key1':10,'key2':10}

mapValues​

Introduced in: v21.2

Returns the values of a given map. This function can be optimized by enabling setting optimize_functions_to_subcolumns. With the setting enabled, the function only reads the values subcolumn instead of the entire map. The query SELECT mapValues(m) FROM table is transformed to SELECT m.values FROM table.

Syntax

mapValues(map)

Arguments

  • map — Map to extract values from. Map(K, V)

Returned value

Returns an array containing all the values from the map. Array(T)

Examples

Usage example

SELECT mapValues(map('k1', 'v1', 'k2', 'v2'))

['v1','v2']