Looks like you're having issues as '{' is a reserved character. Try giving
the UTF-8 representation for it:'\\u007B' Regards, Rama. On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 6:04 AM, Will Ford <[email protected]>wrote: > This is what I am seeing: > grunt> B = FOREACH A GENERATE CONCAT('{',a); > >> }; > 2013-04-04 17:31:27,132 [main] ERROR org.apache.pig.tools.grunt.Grunt - > ERROR 1200: <line 4, column 0> mismatched input '}' expecting EOF > Details at logfile: /Users/XXX/pig_1365116672592.log > grunt> B = FOREACH A GENERATE CONCAT('\{',a); > >> }; > <line 3, column 32> Unexpected character '{' > 2013-04-04 17:31:33,033 [main] ERROR org.apache.pig.tools.grunt.Grunt - > ERROR 1200: <line 3, column 32> Unexpected character '{' > Details at logfile: /Users/XXX/pig_1365116672592.log > grunt> B = FOREACH A GENERATE CONCAT('\\{',a); > >> }; > 2013-04-04 17:31:40,094 [main] ERROR org.apache.pig.tools.grunt.Grunt - > ERROR 1200: <line 4, column 0> mismatched input '}' expecting EOF > Details at logfile: /Users/XXX/pig_1365116672592.log > > > > I have to type }; to get back to the prompt. > > Thanks again for your help! > > -W > > On 4/4/13 5:27 PM, "Prashant Kommireddi" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >Pressed send too soon. Try this (single quotes) > > > >B = FOREACH A GENERATE CONCAT('{', a); > > > > > >On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 5:26 PM, Prashant Kommireddi > ><[email protected]>wrote: > > > >> Can you try single quotes? > >> > >> > >> > >> On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 5:08 PM, Will Ford > >><[email protected]>wrote: > >> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> I am trying to concatenate an open brace ( "{" ) to a string and I > >>> believe pig thinks that I am trying to open a bag or something. > >>> > >>> This does work: > >>> A = LOAD 'short' USING PigStorage('\t') AS (a:chararray, b:chararray, > >>> c:chararray, d:chararray,e:chararray, f:chararray); > >>> B = FOREACH A GENERATE CONCAT("\[",a); > >>> > >>> This does not work: > >>> A = LOAD 'short' USING PigStorage('\t') AS (a:chararray, b:chararray, > >>> c:chararray, d:chararray,e:chararray, f:chararray); > >>> B = FOREACH A GENERATE CONCAT("\{",a); > >>> > >>> It also does not work if I replace the second line with > >>> B = FOREACH A GENERATE CONCAT("{",a); > >>> -or- > >>> B = FOREACH A GENERATE CONCAT("\\{",a); > >>> > >>> Is there a way to add an open brace to field? > >>> > >>> Thanks in advance for your help. > >>> > >>> -Will > >>> > >> > >> > >
