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FUNCTIONS / GEOMETRIC FUNCTIONS AND OPERATORS

npoints

Read PG 18 manual ↗

Returns the number of points.

Signatures & examples

npoints ( geometric_type ) → integer
Returns the number of points. Available for path, polygon.
npoints(path '[(0,0),(1,1),(2,0)]') → 3
Version history 1
  1. PG 12 → 13changed

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