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[jira] [Updated] (HIVE-3558) UDF LEFT(string,position) to HIVE

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-3558?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Ashutosh Chauhan updated HIVE-3558:
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    Fix Version/s:     (was: 0.10.0)
    
> UDF  LEFT(string,position) to HIVE
> ----------------------------------
>
>                 Key: HIVE-3558
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-3558
>             Project: Hive
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>          Components: UDF
>    Affects Versions: 0.9.0
>            Reporter: Aruna Babu
>            Priority: Minor
>
> Introduction
> 	UDF (User Defined Function) to obtain the left most 'n' characters from a string in  HIVE. 
> Relevance
> 	Current releases of Hive lacks a function which would returns the leftmost len characters from the string str, or NULL if any argument is NULL.   
> The function LEFT(string,length)  would return the leftmost 'n' characters from the string , or NULL if any argument is NULL which would be useful while using HiveQL. This would find its use  in all the technical aspects where the concept of strings are used.
> Functionality :-
> Function Name: LEFT(string,length) 
> 	 
> Returns the leftmost length characters from the string  or NULL if any argument is NULL.  
> Example: hive>SELECT LEFT('https://www.irctc.co.in',5);
>         	-> 'https'
> Usage :-
> Case 1: To query a table to find details based on an https request
> Table :-Transaction
> Request_id|date|period_id|url_name
> 0001|01/07/2012|110001|https://www.irctc.co.in
> 0002|02/07/2012|110001|https://nextstep.tcs.com
> 0003|03/07/2012|110001|https://www.hdfcbank.com
> 0005|01/07/2012|110001|http://www.lmnm.co.in
> 0006|08/07/2012|110001|http://nextstart.com
> 0007|10/07/2012|110001|https://netbanking.icicibank.com
> 0012|21/07/2012|110001|http://www.people.co.in
> 0026|08/07/2012|110001|http://nextprobs.com
> 00023|25/07/2012|110001|https://netbanking.canarabank.com
> Query : select * from transaction where LEFT(url_name,5)='https';
> Result :-
> 0001|01/07/2012|110001|https://www.irctc.com
> 0002|02/07/2012|110001|https://nextstep.tcs.com  
> 0003|03/07/2012|110001|https://www.hdfcbank.com
> 0007|10/07/2012|110001|https://netbanking.icicibank.com
> 00023|25/07/2012|110001|https://netbanking.canarabank.com

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