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point

Constructs point from its coordinates.

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Definition PG 18

Constructs point from its coordinates.

Signatures and overloads

point ( double precision, double precision ) → point → point
Constructs point from its coordinates.
point ( box ) → point → point
Computes center of box.
point ( circle ) → point → point
Computes center of circle.
point ( lseg ) → point → point
Computes center of line segment.
point ( polygon ) → point → point
Computes center of polygon (the mean of the positions of the polygon's points).

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center · PostgreSQL 18 · wiki-repair-20261023:bf4769e6e97dad16f27e1b72b581c5817d5168a36aafda45d0b1655f2d733697

Text language: en · wiki-repair-20261023:bf4769e6e97dad16f27e1b72b581c5817d5168a36aafda45d0b1655f2d733697