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[Vectors](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/reference/sql-structure/vectors) are available from [MariaDB 11.7](https://app.gitbook.com/s/aEnK0ZXmUbJzqQrTjFyb/community-server/old-releases/11.7/what-is-mariadb-117).
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## Syntax
```sql
VEC_FromText(s)
```
## Description
`VEC_FromText` converts a text representation of the vector (json array of numbers) to a vector (little-endian IEEE float sequence of bytes, 4 bytes per float).
## Example
```sql
SELECT HEX(vec_fromtext('[1,2,3]'));
+------------------------------+
| HEX(vec_fromtext('[1,2,3]')) |
+------------------------------+
| 0000803F0000004000004040 |
+------------------------------+
```
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