[jira] [Resolved] (PIG-731) Passing semicolon as a parameter in UDF causes parser error

["Rohini Palaniswamy (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PIG-731?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Rohini Palaniswamy resolved PIG-731.
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    Resolution: Duplicate

> Passing semicolon as a parameter in UDF causes parser error 
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>
>                 Key: PIG-731
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PIG-731
>             Project: Pig
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: grunt
>    Affects Versions: 0.9.1, 0.10.0
>            Reporter: Viraj Bhat
>         Attachments: CONCATSEP.jar, semicolonerr.pig
>
>
> Pig script, which uses a UDF  loads in 3 chararray columns, and then concatenates columns 2 and 3 using a semicolon.
> {code}
> register CONCATSEP.jar;
> A = LOAD 'someinput/*' USING PigStorage(';') as (col1:chararray,col2:chararray,col3:chararray);
> B = FOREACH A GENERATE col1, string.CONCATSEP(';',col2,col3) as newcol;
> STORE B INTO 'someoutput' USING PigStorage(';');
> {code}
> The following script causes an error during the parsing stage due to the semicolon present in the UDF.
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> 2009-03-24 15:50:56,454 [main] ERROR org.apache.pig.tools.grunt.Grunt - ERROR 1000: Error during parsing. Lexical error at line 3, column 49.  Encountered: <EOF> after : "\';"
> Details at logfile: /homes/viraj/pig-svn/trunk/pig_1237935055635.log
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> There is no workaround for the same, expect to hardcode this in the UDF.



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