Re: SQL99 ARRAY support proposal - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: SQL99 ARRAY support proposal
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Msg-id 20030313183352.GA19872@dcc.uchile.cl
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In response to Re: SQL99 ARRAY support proposal  (johnnnnnn <john@phaedrusdeinus.org>)
Responses Re: SQL99 ARRAY support proposal  (Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com>)
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On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 12:00:46PM -0600, johnnnnnn wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 09:53:15AM -0800, Joe Conway wrote:
> > >>>>implode(text[], text) returns text - join array elements into a
> > >>>>string using given string delimiter
> > 
> > I'm open to opinions on implode() -- I only picked implode() because
> > that's what it is called in PHP. Any suggestions?
> 
> In both Perl and Python, that type of function is called "join".

Yeah, and join is also consistent with the inverse function being called
"split".  IIRC the equivalent function in PHP is explode().

-- 
Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]dcc.uchile.cl>)
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