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Geospatial functions

H3_CELL_TO_CHILDREN_STRING

Returns an array of the VARCHAR values containing the hexadecimal IDs of the children of an H3 cell for a given resolution.

See also:

H3_CELL_TO_CHILDREN , H3_CELL_TO_PARENT

Syntax

H3_CELL_TO_CHILDREN_STRING( <cell_id> , <target_resolution> )
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Arguments

cell_id

A VARCHAR that represents the H3 cell ID (index (https://h3geo.org/docs/core-library/h3Indexing)) in hexadecimal format.

target_resolution

An INTEGER between 0 and 15 (inclusive) specifying the H3 resolution (https://h3geo.org/docs/core-library/restable) that you want to use for the returned H3 cells.

Specifying any other INTEGER value results in an error.

Returns

Returns an array of the VARCHAR values of the hexadecimal IDs of the children of an H3 cell at the specified target resolution.

Examples

The following example returns an array of the IDs (in hexadecimal format) of the children of the H3 cell with the ID 881F1D4887FFFFF (in hexadecimal format):

SELECT H3_CELL_TO_CHILDREN_STRING('881F1D4887FFFFF', 9);
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+--------------------------------------------------+
| H3_CELL_TO_CHILDREN_STRING('881F1D4887FFFFF', 9) |
|--------------------------------------------------|
| [                                                |
|   "891f1d48863ffff",                             |
|   "891f1d48867ffff",                             |
|   "891f1d4886bffff",                             |
|   "891f1d4886fffff",                             |
|   "891f1d48873ffff",                             |
|   "891f1d48877ffff",                             |
|   "891f1d4887bffff"                              |
| ]                                                |
+--------------------------------------------------+
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