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[jira] [Commented] (SPARK-33291) Inconsistent NULL conversions to
strings redux
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Apache Spark commented on SPARK-33291:
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User 'stwhit' has created a pull request for this issue:
https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/30189
> Inconsistent NULL conversions to strings redux
> ----------------------------------------------
>
> Key: SPARK-33291
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-33291
> Project: Spark
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: SQL
> Affects Versions: 3.1.0
> Reporter: Stuart White
> Assignee: Apache Spark
> Priority: Minor
>
> The changes in [SPARK-32501 Inconsistent NULL conversions to strings|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-32501] introduced some behavior that I'd like to clean up a bit.
> Here's sample code to illustrate the behavior I'd like to clean up:
> {noformat}
> val rows = Seq[String](null)
> .toDF("value")
> .withColumn("struct1", struct('value as "value1"))
> .withColumn("struct2", struct('value as "value1", 'value as "value2"))
> .withColumn("array1", array('value))
> .withColumn("array2", array('value, 'value))
> .withColumn("map1", map(lit("value1"), 'value))
> .withColumn("map2", map(lit("value1"), 'value, lit("value2"), 'value))
> // Show the DataFrame using the "first" codepath.
> rows.show(truncate=false)
> +-----+-------+-------------+------+--------+----------------+--------------------------------+
> |value|struct1|struct2 |array1|array2 |map1 |map2 |
> +-----+-------+-------------+------+--------+----------------+--------------------------------+
> |null |{ null}|{ null, null}|[] |[, null]|{value1 -> null}|{value1 -> null, value2 -> null}|
> +-----+-------+-------------+------+--------+----------------+--------------------------------+
> // Write the DataFrame to disk, then read it back and show it to trigger the "codegen" code path:
> rows.write.parquet("rows")
> spark.read.parquet("rows").show(truncate=false)
> +-----+-------+-------------+-------+-------------+----------------+--------------------------------+
> |value|struct1|struct2 |array1 |array2 |map1 |map2 |
> +-----+-------+-------------+-------+-------------+----------------+--------------------------------+
> |null |{ null}|{ null, null}|[ null]|[ null, null]|{value1 -> null}|{value1 -> null, value2 -> null}|
> +-----+-------+-------------+-------+-------------+----------------+--------------------------------+
> {noformat}
> Notice:
> 1. If the first element of a struct is null, it is printed with a leading space (e.g. "\{ null\}"). I think it's preferable to print it without the leading space (e.g. "\{null\}"). This is consistent with how non-null values are printed inside a struct.
> 2. If the first element of an array is null, it is not printed at all in the first code path, and the "codegen" code path prints it with a leading space. I think both code paths should be consistent and print it without a leading space (e.g. "[null]").
> The desired result of this ticket is to product the following output via both code paths:
> {noformat}
> +-----+-------+------------+------+------------+----------------+--------------------------------+
> |value|struct1|struct2 |array1|array2 |map1 |map2 |
> +-----+-------+------------+------+------------+----------------+--------------------------------+
> |null |{null} |{null, null}|[null]|[null, null]|{value1 -> null}|{value1 -> null, value2 -> null}|
> +-----+-------+------------+------+------------+----------------+--------------------------------+
> {noformat}
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