[SPARK-8254] string function: printf

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.5.0
• Component/s: SQL
• Target Version/s: 1.5.0
• Sprint: Spark 1.5 release
• Assignee: Cheng Hao
• Reporter: Reynold Xin
• Created: 09/Jun/15 07:28
• Updated: 09/Jul/15 18:20
• Resolved: 09/Jul/15 18:20

Description

printf(String format, Obj... args): string

Returns the input formatted according do printf-style format strings.

We need to come up with a name for this in DataFrame – maybe formatString.

Issue Links

• links to: [Github] Pull Request #6762 (chenghao-intel)