st_npoints function

Applies to: Databricks SQL Databricks Runtime 17.1 and above

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Returns the number of non-empty points in the input GEOGRAPHY or GEOMETRY value.

Syntax

st_npoints ( geoExpr )

Arguments

• geoExpr: A GEOGRAPHY or GEOMETRY value.

Returns

A value of type INT, representing the number of non-empty points in the input GEOGRAPHY or GEOMETRY value.

The function returns NULL if the input is NULL.

Examples

SQL

-- Returns the number of points in a non-empty multipoint geometry.
> SELECT st_npoints(st_geomfromtext('MULTIPOINT(10 34,44 57,EMPTY)'));
  2
-- Returns the number of points in an empty multipoint geometry.
> SELECT st_npoints(st_geomfromtext('MULTIPOINT(EMPTY,EMPTY)'));
  0
-- Returns the number of points in a non-empty polygon geometry.
> SELECT st_npoints(st_geomfromtext('POLYGON((0 0,1 0,1 1,0 1,0 0))'));
  5

Related functions

• st_pointn function