[PIG-2879] Pig current releases lack a UDF startsWith.This UDF tests if a given string starts with the specified prefix.

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.10.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.11
• Component/s: piggybank
• Labels: features patch
• Release Note: Pig now includes a STARTSWITH built-in UDF that checks for presence of a given prefix in a chararray.
• Assignee: Eli Reisman
• Reporter: Anuroopa George
• Created: 16/Aug/12 05:45
• Updated: 24/Jul/13 16:23
• Resolved: 21/Sep/12 10:04

Description

Pig current releases lack a UDF startsWith.This UDF tests if a given string starts with the specified prefix.This UDF returns true if the character sequence represented by the string argument given as a prefix is a prefix of the character sequence represented by the given string; false otherwise.Also true will be returned if the given prefix is an empty string or is equal to the given String.

Issue Links

• breaks: PIG-3393 STARTSWITH udf doesn't override outputSchema method
• breaks: PIG-3392 Document STARTSWITH and ENDSWITH UDFs