# `BINARY_QUANTIZE`

**Applies to:** ✅ Data 360 SQL ✅ Tableau Hyper API

Encodes each array element into a single bit, compressing the vector by approximately 32x.

## Syntax

```sql
binary_quantize(<array>)
```

## Arguments

### Required

- `<array>`: The vector to quantize (`array(real)` or `array(double-precision)`).

## Returns

Returns a bytea value where each bit represents whether the corresponding array element is greater than 0 (1) or not (0).

## Considerations

- Elements greater than 0 are encoded as 1, all others (including 0 and negative values) as 0.
- The compression ratio is approximately 32x.

## Examples

### Quantize a Vector

Convert a numeric vector to binary representation.

```sql
SELECT binary_quantize(ARRAY[-5, -3, 2, 6]) AS result;
```

Returns `'0011'`, where negative values become 0 and positive values become 1.

## Related Documentation

- [Array Data Type](/docs/data/data-cloud-query-guide/references/dc-sql-reference/array.md)