[PIG-3182] Pig currently lacks functions to trim the whitespace only on one side

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.12.0
• Component/s: internal-udfs
• Labels: patch
• Release Note: LTRIM and RTRIM are new built-in UDFs that trim the whitespace of a string on the left and right hand side respectively.
• Assignee: Kousuke Saruta
• Reporter: Padma Ravindran
• Created: 13/Feb/13 09:14
• Updated: 14/Oct/13 16:46
• Resolved: 24/Jul/13 16:05

Description

Pig currently lacks function to trim the whitespace only on the left hand side of a given word
ltrim(' lorem ') = 'lorem '