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Namit Jain commented on HIVE-512:
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As I said before, the return type should be the same as would be for case
select case x then '2' else 3
select case x then '2' else 3
select case x then true else 3
select case x then 2.0 else cast(3 as double)
The first argument's value is not important as far as the return type is
concerned
> [GenericUDF] new string function ELT(N,str1,str2,str3,...)
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: HIVE-512
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-512
> Project: Hadoop Hive
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: Query Processor
> Affects Versions: 0.4.0
> Reporter: Min Zhou
> Assignee: Min Zhou
> Fix For: 0.4.0
>
> Attachments: HIVE-512.2.patch, HIVE-512.patch
>
>
> ELT(N,str1,str2,str3,...)
> Returns str1 if N = 1, str2 if N = 2, and so on. Returns NULL if N is less
> than 1 or greater than the number of arguments. ELT() is the complement of
> FIELD().
> {noformat}
> mysql> SELECT ELT(1, 'ej', 'Heja', 'hej', 'foo');
> -> 'ej'
> mysql> SELECT ELT(4, 'ej', 'Heja', 'hej', 'foo');
> -> 'foo'
> {noformat}
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