Hi,
Per request, I'd like to see about surfacing $Subject to SQL.
Best,
David.
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>From 28c9b7acad605197a8a242ff929bcce6f3100c91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Fetter <da...@fetter.org>
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2020 02:51:46 -0800
Subject: [PATCH v1] popcount
To: hackers
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Now it's accessible to SQL for the BIT VARYING and BYTEA types.
diff --git doc/src/sgml/func.sgml doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
index 5021ac1ca9..439a3a4a06 100644
--- doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
+++ doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
@@ -4069,6 +4069,23 @@ SELECT format('Testing %3$s, %2$s, %s', 'one', 'two', 'three');
</para></entry>
</row>
+ <row>
+ <entry role="func_table_entry"><para role="func_signature">
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>popcount</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <function>popcount</function> ( <parameter>bytes</parameter> <type>bytea</type> )
+ <returnvalue>integer</returnvalue>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Counts the number of bits set in a binary string.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <literal>popcount('\xdeadbeef'::bytea)</literal>
+ <returnvalue>24</returnvalue>
+ </para></entry>
+ </row>
+
<row>
<entry role="func_table_entry"><para role="func_signature">
<indexterm>
@@ -4830,6 +4847,24 @@ SELECT format('Testing %3$s, %2$s, %s', 'one', 'two', 'three');
<returnvalue>101010001010101010</returnvalue>
</para></entry>
</row>
+
+ <row>
+ <entry role="func_table_entry"><para role="func_signature">
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>popcount</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <function>popcount</function> ( <parameter>bits</parameter> <type>bit</type> )
+ <returnvalue>int4</returnvalue>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Counts the bits set in a bit string.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <literal>popcount(B'101010101010101010')</literal>
+ <returnvalue>9</returnvalue>
+ </para></entry>
+ </row>
+
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
diff --git src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 139f4a08bd..0e6d0636fa 100644
--- src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -1446,6 +1446,9 @@
{ oid => '752', descr => 'substitute portion of string',
proname => 'overlay', prorettype => 'bytea',
proargtypes => 'bytea bytea int4', prosrc => 'byteaoverlay_no_len' },
+{ oid => '8436', descr => 'count set bits',
+ proname => 'popcount', prorettype => 'int4', proargtypes => 'bytea',
+ prosrc => 'byteapopcount'},
{ oid => '725',
proname => 'dist_pl', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'point line',
@@ -3865,6 +3868,9 @@
{ oid => '3033', descr => 'set bit',
proname => 'set_bit', prorettype => 'bit', proargtypes => 'bit int4 int4',
prosrc => 'bitsetbit' },
+{ oid => '8435', descr => 'count set bits',
+ proname => 'popcount', prorettype => 'int4', proargtypes => 'bit',
+ prosrc => 'bitpopcount'},
# for macaddr type support
{ oid => '436', descr => 'I/O',
diff --git src/backend/utils/adt/varbit.c src/backend/utils/adt/varbit.c
index 3c03459f51..e92d1a7f8f 100644
--- src/backend/utils/adt/varbit.c
+++ src/backend/utils/adt/varbit.c
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
+#include <math.h>
+
#include "postgres.h"
#include "access/htup_details.h"
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@
#include "libpq/pqformat.h"
#include "nodes/nodeFuncs.h"
#include "nodes/supportnodes.h"
+#include "port/pg_bitutils.h"
#include "utils/array.h"
#include "utils/builtins.h"
#include "utils/varbit.h"
@@ -1872,3 +1875,24 @@ bitgetbit(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
else
PG_RETURN_INT32(0);
}
+
+/*
+ * bitpopcount
+ *
+ * Returns the number of bits set in a bit array.
+ *
+ */
+Datum
+bitpopcount(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+ VarBit *arg1 = PG_GETARG_VARBIT_P(0);
+ bits8 *p;
+ int len, popcount;
+
+ len = ceil(VARBITLEN(arg1) / (float4)BITS_PER_BYTE);
+ p = VARBITS(arg1);
+
+ popcount = (int)pg_popcount((const char *)p, len);
+
+ PG_RETURN_INT32(popcount);
+}
diff --git src/backend/utils/adt/varlena.c src/backend/utils/adt/varlena.c
index 9300d19e0c..9e788babd3 100644
--- src/backend/utils/adt/varlena.c
+++ src/backend/utils/adt/varlena.c
@@ -3415,6 +3415,21 @@ bytea_overlay(bytea *t1, bytea *t2, int sp, int sl)
return result;
}
+/*
+ * popcount
+ */
+Datum
+byteapopcount(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+ bytea *t1 = PG_GETARG_BYTEA_PP(0);
+ int len, result;
+
+ len = VARSIZE_ANY_EXHDR(t1);
+ result = pg_popcount(VARDATA_ANY(t1), len);
+
+ PG_RETURN_INT32(result);
+}
+
/*
* byteapos -
* Return the position of the specified substring.
diff --git src/test/regress/expected/bit.out src/test/regress/expected/bit.out
index a1fab7ebcb..c91ad3d0d5 100644
--- src/test/regress/expected/bit.out
+++ src/test/regress/expected/bit.out
@@ -681,6 +681,19 @@ SELECT overlay(B'0101011100' placing '001' from 20);
0101011100001
(1 row)
+-- Popcount
+SELECT popcount(B'0101011100'::bit(10));
+ popcount
+----------
+ 5
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT popcount(B'1111111111'::bit(10));
+ popcount
+----------
+ 10
+(1 row)
+
-- This table is intentionally left around to exercise pg_dump/pg_upgrade
CREATE TABLE bit_defaults(
b1 bit(4) DEFAULT '1001',
diff --git src/test/regress/expected/strings.out src/test/regress/expected/strings.out
index 298b6c48c2..9780639038 100644
--- src/test/regress/expected/strings.out
+++ src/test/regress/expected/strings.out
@@ -2126,3 +2126,10 @@ SELECT encode(overlay(E'Th\\000omas'::bytea placing E'\\002\\003'::bytea from 5
Th\000o\x02\x03
(1 row)
+SET bytea_output TO hex;
+SELECT popcount(E'\\xdeadbeef'::bytea);
+ popcount
+----------
+ 24
+(1 row)
+
diff --git src/test/regress/sql/bit.sql src/test/regress/sql/bit.sql
index 7681d4ab4d..3cd9fb65d3 100644
--- src/test/regress/sql/bit.sql
+++ src/test/regress/sql/bit.sql
@@ -207,6 +207,10 @@ SELECT overlay(B'0101011100' placing '101' from 6);
SELECT overlay(B'0101011100' placing '001' from 11);
SELECT overlay(B'0101011100' placing '001' from 20);
+-- Popcount
+SELECT popcount(B'0101011100'::bit(10));
+SELECT popcount(B'1111111111'::bit(10));
+
-- This table is intentionally left around to exercise pg_dump/pg_upgrade
CREATE TABLE bit_defaults(
b1 bit(4) DEFAULT '1001',
diff --git src/test/regress/sql/strings.sql src/test/regress/sql/strings.sql
index ad5221ab6b..a35e993ab0 100644
--- src/test/regress/sql/strings.sql
+++ src/test/regress/sql/strings.sql
@@ -717,3 +717,6 @@ SELECT btrim(E'\\000trim\\000'::bytea, ''::bytea);
SELECT encode(overlay(E'Th\\000omas'::bytea placing E'Th\\001omas'::bytea from 2),'escape');
SELECT encode(overlay(E'Th\\000omas'::bytea placing E'\\002\\003'::bytea from 8),'escape');
SELECT encode(overlay(E'Th\\000omas'::bytea placing E'\\002\\003'::bytea from 5 for 3),'escape');
+
+SET bytea_output TO hex;
+SELECT popcount(E'\\xdeadbeef'::bytea);
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