Brilliant!  Thanks Alan!

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From: Alan Gates [[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 4:25 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Loading Files with Comment Lines

A = load 'input' as (x, y);
B = filter A by SUBSTRING(x, 0, 1) != '#';
...


On Jun 7, 2011, at 12:04 PM, Moore, Michael A. wrote:

> Hello all-
>
> I've got a quick question and Google isn't proving to be much help.
>
> I've got a big file, that has a few lines in it prefaced with a
> pound sign (#) to indicate they are to be ignored.  I would like to
> LOAD this file using PigStorage.  Is there a way to do this, or is
> it handled automatically?
>
> The data might look something like this:
>
> # Data Source: Project A
> # Contact MMoore with Questions
> # SenderId    RecipientId
> 1     2
> 3     5
> 6     7
> #2    1
> 3     6
> 11    7
>
> Thanks!
> -Michael
>
> ______________________________________
> Michael Moore :: [email protected]
> The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
> 0B7B17EE1AE2A80B pgp
> BC31 A861 9726 8211 F79F 7E21 0B7B 17EE 1AE2 A80B pgp fingerprint
>
>

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