FUNCTIONS / GEOMETRIC FUNCTIONS AND OPERATORS

area

Computes area.

Signatures & examples

area ( geometric_type ) → double precision

Computes area. Available for box, path, circle. A path input must be closed, else NULL is returned. Also, if the path is self-intersecting, the result may be meaningless.

area(box '(2,2),(0,0)') → 4

Version history 1

PG 12 → 13changed

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