saturating_add()

Add two numbers, saturating at the 32-bit integer bounds instead of overflowing

Early access Since 1.8.0

The saturating_add function adds two numbers, saturating at -2,147,483,648 and 2,147,483,647 instead of overflowing.

Arguments

The syntax is:

saturating_add(
  x INT,
  y INT
) RETURNS INT

Name	Type	Default	Required	Description
x	INT	-	✔	An integer to add to y
y	INT	-	✔	An integer to add to x

Returns

Column	Type	Description
saturating_add	INT	The result of x + y, saturating at the numeric bounds instead of overflowing. The numeric bounds are the upper and lower bounds of the 32-bit signed integers