PERCENT_RANK

Returns the percent rank of the current row within the partition as specified by the order by clause.

The result is calculated with the following formula: (rank - 1)/(total_rows - 1)

Syntax

PERCENT_RANK () OVER (
[PARTITION BY (col | expr), ...]
[ORDER BY (col | expr), ...]
)

Return Type

A DOUBLE data type.

Examples

CREATE TABLE pr_example (a int, b int);
INSERT INTO pr_example VALUES(1,2),(2,2),(3,3),(4,3);
SELECT a,b, PERCENT_RANK() OVER(ORDER BY a,b) FROM pr_example;
+------+------+-----------------------------------+
| a    | b    | percent_rank() over(order by a,b) |
+------+------+-----------------------------------+
|    1 |    2 |                                 0 |
|    2 |    2 |                0.3333333333333333 |
|    3 |    3 |                0.6666666666666666 |
|    4 |    3 |                                 1 |
+------+------+-----------------------------------+
SELECT a,b, PERCENT_RANK() OVER(ORDER BY b) FROM pr_example;
+------+------+---------------------------------+
| a    | b    | percent_rank() over(order by b) |
+------+------+---------------------------------+
|    1 |    2 |                               0 |
|    2 |    2 |                               0 |
|    3 |    3 |              0.6666666666666666 |
|    4 |    3 |              0.6666666666666666 |
+------+------+---------------------------------+

Last modified: February 16, 2023

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