diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/ArrayExpressionUtils.java b/sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/ArrayExpressionUtils.java
index 3d7c5dccc7f2b..07a7f98ea1b8b 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/ArrayExpressionUtils.java
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/ArrayExpressionUtils.java
@@ -248,4 +248,39 @@ public static int binarySearch(Double[] data, Double value) {
   public static int binarySearch(Object[] data, Object value, Comparator<Object> comp) {
     return Arrays.binarySearch(data, value, comp);
   }
+
+  // ----- slice(array, start, length) index resolution -----
+  // Pure 1-based -> 0-based index arithmetic, independent of the array element
+  // type, shared by Slice's eval and codegen paths.
+
+  /**
+   * Resolves the 0-based start index for {@code slice(array, start, length)}.
+   * SQL {@code slice} is 1-based; a negative {@code start} counts back from the
+   * end of the array. A {@code start} of 0 is rejected.
+   */
+  public static int sliceStartIndex(int start, int numElements, String functionName) {
+    if (start == 0) {
+      throw QueryExecutionErrors.unexpectedValueForStartInFunctionError(functionName);
+    } else if (start < 0) {
+      return start + numElements;
+    } else {
+      // arrays in SQL are 1-based instead of 0-based
+      return start - 1;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Resolves the result length for {@code slice(array, start, length)} given the
+   * already-resolved {@code startIdx}, clamping it to the number of elements
+   * remaining after {@code startIdx}. A negative {@code length} is rejected.
+   */
+  public static int sliceLength(int length, int numElements, int startIdx, String functionName) {
+    if (length < 0) {
+      throw QueryExecutionErrors.unexpectedValueForLengthInFunctionError(functionName, length);
+    } else if (length > numElements - startIdx) {
+      return numElements - startIdx;
+    } else {
+      return length;
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/collectionOperations.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/collectionOperations.scala
index 85172f7957442..3346f23a70ad9 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/collectionOperations.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/collectionOperations.scala
@@ -2052,13 +2052,7 @@ case class Slice(x: Expression, start: Expression, length: Expression)
     val startInt = startVal.asInstanceOf[Int]
     val lengthInt = lengthVal.asInstanceOf[Int]
     val arr = xVal.asInstanceOf[ArrayData]
-    val startIndex = if (startInt == 0) {
-      throw QueryExecutionErrors.unexpectedValueForStartInFunctionError(prettyName)
-    } else if (startInt < 0) {
-      startInt + arr.numElements()
-    } else {
-      startInt - 1
-    }
+    val startIndex = ArrayExpressionUtils.sliceStartIndex(startInt, arr.numElements(), prettyName)
     if (lengthInt < 0) {
       throw QueryExecutionErrors.unexpectedValueForLengthInFunctionError(prettyName, lengthInt)
     }
@@ -2075,26 +2069,12 @@ case class Slice(x: Expression, start: Expression, length: Expression)
     nullSafeCodeGen(ctx, ev, (x, start, length) => {
       val startIdx = ctx.freshName("startIdx")
       val resLength = ctx.freshName("resLength")
-      val defaultIntValue = CodeGenerator.defaultValue(CodeGenerator.JAVA_INT, false)
+      val utils = classOf[ArrayExpressionUtils].getName
       s"""
-         |${CodeGenerator.JAVA_INT} $startIdx = $defaultIntValue;
-         |${CodeGenerator.JAVA_INT} $resLength = $defaultIntValue;
-         |if ($start == 0) {
-         |  throw QueryExecutionErrors.unexpectedValueForStartInFunctionError("$prettyName");
-         |} else if ($start < 0) {
-         |  $startIdx = $start + $x.numElements();
-         |} else {
-         |  // arrays in SQL are 1-based instead of 0-based
-         |  $startIdx = $start - 1;
-         |}
-         |if ($length < 0) {
-         |  throw QueryExecutionErrors.unexpectedValueForLengthInFunctionError(
-         |    "$prettyName", $length);
-         |} else if ($length > $x.numElements() - $startIdx) {
-         |  $resLength = $x.numElements() - $startIdx;
-         |} else {
-         |  $resLength = $length;
-         |}
+         |${CodeGenerator.JAVA_INT} $startIdx =
+         |  $utils.sliceStartIndex($start, $x.numElements(), "$prettyName");
+         |${CodeGenerator.JAVA_INT} $resLength =
+         |  $utils.sliceLength($length, $x.numElements(), $startIdx, "$prettyName");
          |${genCodeForResult(ctx, ev, x, startIdx, resLength)}
        """.stripMargin
     })