# VEC\_FromText

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Vectors are available from MariaDB 11.7.
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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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