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Shivaram Venkataraman commented on SPARK-15684: ----------------------------------------------- We just need to match the signature to the one in https://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-devel/library/base/html/startsWith.html - It looks like the one in base R is `startsWith(x, prefix)` > Not mask startsWith and endsWith in R > ------------------------------------- > > Key: SPARK-15684 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-15684 > Project: Spark > Issue Type: Improvement > Reporter: Miao Wang > Priority: Minor > > In R 3.3.0, it has startsWith and endsWith. We should not mask this two > methods in Spark. Actually, Spark R has startsWith and endsWith working for > column. But making them work for both column and string is not easy. I create > this JIRA for discussions. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@spark.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@spark.apache.org