Name

ST_EndPoint — Returns the last point of a LINESTRING geometry as a POINT.

Synopsis

boolean ST_EndPoint(geometry g);

Description

Returns the last point of a LINESTRING geometry as a POINT or NULL if the input parameter is not a LINESTRING.

This method implements the SQL/MM specification: SQL-MM 3: 7.1.4

This function supports 3d and will not drop the z-index.

Examples

postgis=# SELECT ST_AsText(ST_EndPoint('LINESTRING(1 1, 2 2, 3 3)'::geometry));
 st_astext
------------
 POINT(3 3)
(1 row)

postgis=# SELECT ST_EndPoint('POINT(1 1)'::geometry) IS NULL AS is_null;
  is_null
----------
 t
(1 row)

--3d endpoint
SELECT ST_AsEWKT(ST_EndPoint('LINESTRING(1 1 2, 1 2 3, 0 0 5)'));
  st_asewkt
--------------
 POINT(0 0 5)
(1 row)

See Also

ST_PointN, ST_StartPoint