[PIG-3163] Pig current releases lack a UDF endsWith.This UDF tests if a given string ends with the specified suffix.

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.10.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.12.0
• Component/s: piggybank
• Release Note: Pig now includes a ENDSWITH built-in UDF that checks for presence of a given suffix in a chararray.
• Assignee: Sriram Krishnan
• Reporter: Anuroopa George
• Created: 06/Feb/13 04:36
• Updated: 14/Oct/13 16:45
• Resolved: 14/Jul/13 02:45

Description

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

Issue Links

• breaks: PIG-3392 Document STARTSWITH and ENDSWITH UDFs