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Arun Ahuja commented on PIG-3367: --------------------------------- Isn't this available with http://linkedin.github.io/datafu/docs/javadoc/datafu/pig/util/ASSERT.html, so it this mainly about bringing it into the language? > Add assert keyword (operator) in pig > ------------------------------------ > > Key: PIG-3367 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PIG-3367 > Project: Pig > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: parser > Reporter: Aniket Mokashi > Assignee: Aniket Mokashi > > Assert operator can be used for data validation. With assert you can write > script as following- > {code} > a = load 'something' as (a0:int, a1:int); > assert a by a0 > 0, 'a cant be negative for reasons'; > {code} > This script will fail if assert is violated. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira