julianhyde commented on a change in pull request #1168: [CALCITE-3005] Implement string functions: LEFT, RIGHT URL: https://github.com/apache/calcite/pull/1168#discussion_r276159830
########## File path: core/src/main/java/org/apache/calcite/runtime/SqlFunctions.java ########## @@ -243,6 +243,26 @@ public static int ascii(String s) { ? 0 : s.codePointAt(0); } + /** SQL LEFT(string, int) function. */ + public static String left(String s, int n) { + if (n < 0) { + return ""; + } else { + int len = s.length(); Review comment: No you don't need a null test, and in fact you should not add one. The function is strong, and so Calcite will not call the function if its argument is null. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org With regards, Apache Git Services