datafusion_functions/core/
greatest.rs

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18use crate::core::greatest_least_utils::GreatestLeastOperator;
19use arrow::array::{make_comparator, Array, BooleanArray};
20use arrow::buffer::BooleanBuffer;
21use arrow::compute::kernels::cmp;
22use arrow::compute::SortOptions;
23use arrow::datatypes::DataType;
24use datafusion_common::{internal_err, Result, ScalarValue};
25use datafusion_doc::Documentation;
26use datafusion_expr::{ColumnarValue, ScalarFunctionArgs};
27use datafusion_expr::{ScalarUDFImpl, Signature, Volatility};
28use datafusion_macros::user_doc;
29use std::any::Any;
30
31const SORT_OPTIONS: SortOptions = SortOptions {
32    // We want greatest first
33    descending: false,
34
35    // NULL will be less than any other value
36    nulls_first: true,
37};
38
39#[user_doc(
40    doc_section(label = "Conditional Functions"),
41    description = "Returns the greatest value in a list of expressions. Returns _null_ if all expressions are _null_.",
42    syntax_example = "greatest(expression1[, ..., expression_n])",
43    sql_example = r#"```sql
44> select greatest(4, 7, 5);
45+---------------------------+
46| greatest(4,7,5)           |
47+---------------------------+
48| 7                         |
49+---------------------------+
50```"#,
51    argument(
52        name = "expression1, expression_n",
53        description = "Expressions to compare and return the greatest value.. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of arithmetic operators. Pass as many expression arguments as necessary."
54    )
55)]
56#[derive(Debug)]
57pub struct GreatestFunc {
58    signature: Signature,
59}
60
61impl Default for GreatestFunc {
62    fn default() -> Self {
63        GreatestFunc::new()
64    }
65}
66
67impl GreatestFunc {
68    pub fn new() -> Self {
69        Self {
70            signature: Signature::user_defined(Volatility::Immutable),
71        }
72    }
73}
74
75impl GreatestLeastOperator for GreatestFunc {
76    const NAME: &'static str = "greatest";
77
78    fn keep_scalar<'a>(
79        lhs: &'a ScalarValue,
80        rhs: &'a ScalarValue,
81    ) -> Result<&'a ScalarValue> {
82        if !lhs.data_type().is_nested() {
83            return if lhs >= rhs { Ok(lhs) } else { Ok(rhs) };
84        }
85
86        // If complex type we can't compare directly as we want null values to be smaller
87        let cmp = make_comparator(
88            lhs.to_array()?.as_ref(),
89            rhs.to_array()?.as_ref(),
90            SORT_OPTIONS,
91        )?;
92
93        if cmp(0, 0).is_ge() {
94            Ok(lhs)
95        } else {
96            Ok(rhs)
97        }
98    }
99
100    /// Return boolean array where `arr[i] = lhs[i] >= rhs[i]` for all i, where `arr` is the result array
101    /// Nulls are always considered smaller than any other value
102    fn get_indexes_to_keep(lhs: &dyn Array, rhs: &dyn Array) -> Result<BooleanArray> {
103        // Fast path:
104        // If both arrays are not nested, have the same length and no nulls, we can use the faster vectorized kernel
105        // - If both arrays are not nested: Nested types, such as lists, are not supported as the null semantics are not well-defined.
106        // - both array does not have any nulls: cmp::gt_eq will return null if any of the input is null while we want to return false in that case
107        if !lhs.data_type().is_nested()
108            && lhs.logical_null_count() == 0
109            && rhs.logical_null_count() == 0
110        {
111            return cmp::gt_eq(&lhs, &rhs).map_err(|e| e.into());
112        }
113
114        let cmp = make_comparator(lhs, rhs, SORT_OPTIONS)?;
115
116        if lhs.len() != rhs.len() {
117            return internal_err!(
118                "All arrays should have the same length for greatest comparison"
119            );
120        }
121
122        let values = BooleanBuffer::collect_bool(lhs.len(), |i| cmp(i, i).is_ge());
123
124        // No nulls as we only want to keep the values that are larger, its either true or false
125        Ok(BooleanArray::new(values, None))
126    }
127}
128
129impl ScalarUDFImpl for GreatestFunc {
130    fn as_any(&self) -> &dyn Any {
131        self
132    }
133
134    fn name(&self) -> &str {
135        "greatest"
136    }
137
138    fn signature(&self) -> &Signature {
139        &self.signature
140    }
141
142    fn return_type(&self, arg_types: &[DataType]) -> Result<DataType> {
143        Ok(arg_types[0].clone())
144    }
145
146    fn invoke_with_args(&self, args: ScalarFunctionArgs) -> Result<ColumnarValue> {
147        super::greatest_least_utils::execute_conditional::<Self>(&args.args)
148    }
149
150    fn coerce_types(&self, arg_types: &[DataType]) -> Result<Vec<DataType>> {
151        let coerced_type =
152            super::greatest_least_utils::find_coerced_type::<Self>(arg_types)?;
153
154        Ok(vec![coerced_type; arg_types.len()])
155    }
156
157    fn documentation(&self) -> Option<&Documentation> {
158        self.doc()
159    }
160}
161
162#[cfg(test)]
163mod test {
164    use crate::core;
165    use arrow::datatypes::DataType;
166    use datafusion_expr::ScalarUDFImpl;
167
168    #[test]
169    fn test_greatest_return_types_without_common_supertype_in_arg_type() {
170        let greatest = core::greatest::GreatestFunc::new();
171        let return_type = greatest
172            .coerce_types(&[DataType::Decimal128(10, 3), DataType::Decimal128(10, 4)])
173            .unwrap();
174        assert_eq!(
175            return_type,
176            vec![DataType::Decimal128(11, 4), DataType::Decimal128(11, 4)]
177        );
178    }
179}