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?-|(line,line)

perpendicular

Reading PostgreSQL 18.6.

Description

perpendicular

Left operand
line
Right operand
line
Result type
bool
Implementing function
line_perp(line,line)
Operator kind
Binary
Hash join candidate
no
Merge join candidate
no

Usage

?-|(line,line) → bool

English manual definition

Are lines perpendicular?

lseg '[(0,0),(0,1)]' ?-| lseg '[(0,0),(1,0)]' → t

Catalog interpretation

The catalog pg_operator stores information about operators. See CREATE OPERATOR and Section 36.14 for more information.

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Documentation and source

Source build
Version
18.6
Build
https://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v18.6/postgresql-18.6.tar.bz2
Source fingerprint
555610c24d53e4316da5b7d3fc25c279d96856d5e0e23ee308c328c5fa881d9f

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PostgreSQL 17 → 18: unchanged.

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