uniqExact

Introduced in: v1.1.0

Calculates the exact number of different argument values.

Syntax

uniqExact(x[, ...])

Arguments

x — The function takes a variable number of parameters. Tuple(T) or Array(T) or Date or DateTime or String or (U)Int* or Float* or Decimal

Returned value

Returns the exact number of different argument values as a UInt64. UInt64

Examples

Basic usage

CREATE TABLE example_data
(
    id UInt32,
    category String
)
ENGINE = Memory;

INSERT INTO example_data VALUES
(1, 'A'), (2, 'B'), (3, 'A'), (4, 'C'), (5, 'B'), (6, 'A');

SELECT uniqExact(category) as exact_unique_categories
FROM example_data;

┌─exact_unique_categories─┐
│                       3 │
└─────────────────────────┘

Multiple arguments

SELECT uniqExact(id, category) as exact_unique_combinations
FROM example_data;

┌─exact_unique_combinations─┐
│                         6 │
└───────────────────────────┘

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