Use another job step to get the sort done. On 2/21/08 5:11 PM, "Tarandeep Singh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 3:46 PM, Tarandeep Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> hi, >> >> Can I sort the output of reducer based on the value instead of key. >> Also can I specify that the output should be sorted in decreasing order ? >> >> Mapper output - >> <aWord, 1> >> >> Reducer gets- >> <aWord, (1,1,...)> >> >> and outputs - >> <aWord, count> >> >> e.g abc 10 >> xyz 100 >> >> I want the output to be sorted based on the value and that too in >> decreasing order - >> xyz 100 >> abc 10 >> >> Any suggestions ? >> > > I set the output format to Text and then converted the count into text > and wrote this as key and the aWord as value. I was expecting an > output sorted on the count now but it didn't work that way ? Could > anyone explain why so ? > > reducer output - > <000001, abc> > <000005, xyz> > <000002, pqr> > > thanks, > Taran > > >> thanks, >> Taran >>
