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slug: /en/sql-reference/statements/select/array-join
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sidebar_label: ARRAY JOIN
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---
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# ARRAY JOIN Clause
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It is a common operation for tables that contain an array column to produce a new table that has a column with each individual array element of that initial column, while values of other columns are duplicated. This is the basic case of what `ARRAY JOIN` clause does.
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Its name comes from the fact that it can be looked at as executing `JOIN` with an array or nested data structure. The intent is similar to the [arrayJoin](../../../sql-reference/functions/array-join.md#functions_arrayjoin) function, but the clause functionality is broader.
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Syntax:
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``` sql
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SELECT <expr_list>
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FROM <left_subquery>
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[LEFT] ARRAY JOIN <array>
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[WHERE|PREWHERE <expr>]
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...
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```
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You can specify only one `ARRAY JOIN` clause in a `SELECT` query.
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Supported types of `ARRAY JOIN` are listed below:
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- `ARRAY JOIN` - In base case, empty arrays are not included in the result of `JOIN`.
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- `LEFT ARRAY JOIN` - The result of `JOIN` contains rows with empty arrays. The value for an empty array is set to the default value for the array element type (usually 0, empty string or NULL).
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## Basic ARRAY JOIN Examples
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The examples below demonstrate the usage of the `ARRAY JOIN` and `LEFT ARRAY JOIN` clauses. Let’s create a table with an [Array](../../../sql-reference/data-types/array.md) type column and insert values into it:
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``` sql
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CREATE TABLE arrays_test
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(
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s String,
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arr Array(UInt8)
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) ENGINE = Memory;
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INSERT INTO arrays_test
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VALUES ('Hello', [1,2]), ('World', [3,4,5]), ('Goodbye', []);
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```
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``` text
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┌─s───────────┬─arr─────┐
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│ Hello │ [1,2] │
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│ World │ [3,4,5] │
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│ Goodbye │ [] │
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└─────────────┴─────────┘
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```
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The example below uses the `ARRAY JOIN` clause:
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``` sql
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SELECT s, arr
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FROM arrays_test
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ARRAY JOIN arr;
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```
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``` text
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┌─s─────┬─arr─┐
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│ Hello │ 1 │
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│ Hello │ 2 │
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│ World │ 3 │
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│ World │ 4 │
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│ World │ 5 │
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└───────┴─────┘
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```
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The next example uses the `LEFT ARRAY JOIN` clause:
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``` sql
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SELECT s, arr
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FROM arrays_test
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LEFT ARRAY JOIN arr;
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```
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``` text
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┌─s───────────┬─arr─┐
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│ Hello │ 1 │
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│ Hello │ 2 │
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│ World │ 3 │
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│ World │ 4 │
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│ World │ 5 │
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│ Goodbye │ 0 │
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└─────────────┴─────┘
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```
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## Using Aliases
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An alias can be specified for an array in the `ARRAY JOIN` clause. In this case, an array item can be accessed by this alias, but the array itself is accessed by the original name. Example:
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``` sql
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SELECT s, arr, a
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FROM arrays_test
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ARRAY JOIN arr AS a;
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```
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``` text
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┌─s─────┬─arr─────┬─a─┐
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│ Hello │ [1,2] │ 1 │
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│ Hello │ [1,2] │ 2 │
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│ World │ [3,4,5] │ 3 │
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│ World │ [3,4,5] │ 4 │
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│ World │ [3,4,5] │ 5 │
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└───────┴─────────┴───┘
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```
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Using aliases, you can perform `ARRAY JOIN` with an external array. For example:
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``` sql
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SELECT s, arr_external
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FROM arrays_test
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ARRAY JOIN [1, 2, 3] AS arr_external;
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```
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``` text
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┌─s───────────┬─arr_external─┐
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│ Hello │ 1 │
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│ Hello │ 2 │
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│ Hello │ 3 │
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│ World │ 1 │
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│ World │ 2 │
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│ World │ 3 │
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│ Goodbye │ 1 │
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│ Goodbye │ 2 │
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│ Goodbye │ 3 │
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└─────────────┴──────────────┘
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```
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Multiple arrays can be comma-separated in the `ARRAY JOIN` clause. In this case, `JOIN` is performed with them simultaneously (the direct sum, not the cartesian product). Note that all the arrays must have the same size by default. Example:
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``` sql
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SELECT s, arr, a, num, mapped
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FROM arrays_test
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ARRAY JOIN arr AS a, arrayEnumerate(arr) AS num, arrayMap(x -> x + 1, arr) AS mapped;
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```
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``` text
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┌─s─────┬─arr─────┬─a─┬─num─┬─mapped─┐
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│ Hello │ [1,2] │ 1 │ 1 │ 2 │
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│ Hello │ [1,2] │ 2 │ 2 │ 3 │
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│ World │ [3,4,5] │ 3 │ 1 │ 4 │
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│ World │ [3,4,5] │ 4 │ 2 │ 5 │
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│ World │ [3,4,5] │ 5 │ 3 │ 6 │
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└───────┴─────────┴───┴─────┴────────┘
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```
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The example below uses the [arrayEnumerate](../../../sql-reference/functions/array-functions.md#array_functions-arrayenumerate) function:
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``` sql
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SELECT s, arr, a, num, arrayEnumerate(arr)
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FROM arrays_test
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ARRAY JOIN arr AS a, arrayEnumerate(arr) AS num;
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```
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``` text
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┌─s─────┬─arr─────┬─a─┬─num─┬─arrayEnumerate(arr)─┐
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│ Hello │ [1,2] │ 1 │ 1 │ [1,2] │
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│ Hello │ [1,2] │ 2 │ 2 │ [1,2] │
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│ World │ [3,4,5] │ 3 │ 1 │ [1,2,3] │
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│ World │ [3,4,5] │ 4 │ 2 │ [1,2,3] │
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│ World │ [3,4,5] │ 5 │ 3 │ [1,2,3] │
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└───────┴─────────┴───┴─────┴─────────────────────┘
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```
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Multiple arrays with different sizes can be joined by using: `SETTINGS enable_unaligned_array_join = 1`. Example:
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```sql
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SELECT s, arr, a, b
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FROM arrays_test ARRAY JOIN arr as a, [['a','b'],['c']] as b
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SETTINGS enable_unaligned_array_join = 1;
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```
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```text
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┌─s───────┬─arr─────┬─a─┬─b─────────┐
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│ Hello │ [1,2] │ 1 │ ['a','b'] │
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│ Hello │ [1,2] │ 2 │ ['c'] │
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│ World │ [3,4,5] │ 3 │ ['a','b'] │
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│ World │ [3,4,5] │ 4 │ ['c'] │
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│ World │ [3,4,5] │ 5 │ [] │
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│ Goodbye │ [] │ 0 │ ['a','b'] │
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│ Goodbye │ [] │ 0 │ ['c'] │
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└─────────┴─────────┴───┴───────────┘
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```
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## ARRAY JOIN with Nested Data Structure
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`ARRAY JOIN` also works with [nested data structures](../../../sql-reference/data-types/nested-data-structures/index.md):
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``` sql
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CREATE TABLE nested_test
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(
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s String,
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nest Nested(
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x UInt8,
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y UInt32)
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) ENGINE = Memory;
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INSERT INTO nested_test
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VALUES ('Hello', [1,2], [10,20]), ('World', [3,4,5], [30,40,50]), ('Goodbye', [], []);
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```
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``` text
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┌─s───────┬─nest.x──┬─nest.y─────┐
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│ Hello │ [1,2] │ [10,20] │
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│ World │ [3,4,5] │ [30,40,50] │
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│ Goodbye │ [] │ [] │
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└─────────┴─────────┴────────────┘
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```
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``` sql
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SELECT s, `nest.x`, `nest.y`
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FROM nested_test
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ARRAY JOIN nest;
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```
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``` text
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┌─s─────┬─nest.x─┬─nest.y─┐
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│ Hello │ 1 │ 10 │
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│ Hello │ 2 │ 20 │
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│ World │ 3 │ 30 │
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│ World │ 4 │ 40 │
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│ World │ 5 │ 50 │
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└───────┴────────┴────────┘
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```
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When specifying names of nested data structures in `ARRAY JOIN`, the meaning is the same as `ARRAY JOIN` with all the array elements that it consists of. Examples are listed below:
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``` sql
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SELECT s, `nest.x`, `nest.y`
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FROM nested_test
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ARRAY JOIN `nest.x`, `nest.y`;
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```
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``` text
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┌─s─────┬─nest.x─┬─nest.y─┐
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│ Hello │ 1 │ 10 │
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│ Hello │ 2 │ 20 │
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│ World │ 3 │ 30 │
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│ World │ 4 │ 40 │
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│ World │ 5 │ 50 │
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└───────┴────────┴────────┘
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```
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This variation also makes sense:
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``` sql
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SELECT s, `nest.x`, `nest.y`
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FROM nested_test
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ARRAY JOIN `nest.x`;
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```
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``` text
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┌─s─────┬─nest.x─┬─nest.y─────┐
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│ Hello │ 1 │ [10,20] │
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│ Hello │ 2 │ [10,20] │
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│ World │ 3 │ [30,40,50] │
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│ World │ 4 │ [30,40,50] │
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│ World │ 5 │ [30,40,50] │
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└───────┴────────┴────────────┘
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```
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An alias may be used for a nested data structure, in order to select either the `JOIN` result or the source array. Example:
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``` sql
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SELECT s, `n.x`, `n.y`, `nest.x`, `nest.y`
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FROM nested_test
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ARRAY JOIN nest AS n;
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```
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``` text
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┌─s─────┬─n.x─┬─n.y─┬─nest.x──┬─nest.y─────┐
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│ Hello │ 1 │ 10 │ [1,2] │ [10,20] │
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│ Hello │ 2 │ 20 │ [1,2] │ [10,20] │
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│ World │ 3 │ 30 │ [3,4,5] │ [30,40,50] │
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│ World │ 4 │ 40 │ [3,4,5] │ [30,40,50] │
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│ World │ 5 │ 50 │ [3,4,5] │ [30,40,50] │
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└───────┴─────┴─────┴─────────┴────────────┘
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```
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Example of using the [arrayEnumerate](../../../sql-reference/functions/array-functions.md#array_functions-arrayenumerate) function:
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``` sql
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SELECT s, `n.x`, `n.y`, `nest.x`, `nest.y`, num
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FROM nested_test
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ARRAY JOIN nest AS n, arrayEnumerate(`nest.x`) AS num;
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```
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``` text
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┌─s─────┬─n.x─┬─n.y─┬─nest.x──┬─nest.y─────┬─num─┐
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│ Hello │ 1 │ 10 │ [1,2] │ [10,20] │ 1 │
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│ Hello │ 2 │ 20 │ [1,2] │ [10,20] │ 2 │
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│ World │ 3 │ 30 │ [3,4,5] │ [30,40,50] │ 1 │
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│ World │ 4 │ 40 │ [3,4,5] │ [30,40,50] │ 2 │
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│ World │ 5 │ 50 │ [3,4,5] │ [30,40,50] │ 3 │
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└───────┴─────┴─────┴─────────┴────────────┴─────┘
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```
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## Implementation Details
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The query execution order is optimized when running `ARRAY JOIN`. Although `ARRAY JOIN` must always be specified before the [WHERE](../../../sql-reference/statements/select/where.md)/[PREWHERE](../../../sql-reference/statements/select/prewhere.md) clause in a query, technically they can be performed in any order, unless result of `ARRAY JOIN` is used for filtering. The processing order is controlled by the query optimizer.
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## Related content
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- Blog: [Working with time series data in ClickHouse](https://clickhouse.com/blog/working-with-time-series-data-and-functions-ClickHouse)
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