Use 'abc\\|.*', '\' is also a special character in java that should been escaped.
On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 11:34 AM, Zhen Guo <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > In pig, we can do pattern matching with regular expression. For a pattern > like "abc|.*", how to write the regular expression? > > I tried the following: > > A = FILTER B BY (name matches 'abc\|.*'); > > but it does not work. I cannot use 'abc|.*' because it will match anything. > > Any ideas are appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Zhen > -- Best Regards Jeff Zhang
