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Hyukjin Kwon commented on SPARK-31686:
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Yes, you don't know the output type before actually parsing. The type should be 
known before the execution. It's by design

> Return of String instead of array in function get_json_object
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: SPARK-31686
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-31686
>             Project: Spark
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: SQL
>    Affects Versions: 2.4.5
>         Environment: {code:json}
> // code placeholder
> {
> customer:{ 
>      addesses:[ { {code}
>                   location :  arizona
>                   }
>                ]
> }
> }
>  get_json_object(string(customer),'$addresses[*].location')
> return "arizona"
> result expected should be
> ["arizona"]
>            Reporter: Touopi Touopi
>            Priority: Major
>
> when we selecting a node of a json object that is array,
> When the array contains One element , the get_json_object return a String 
> with " characters instead of an array of One element.
>  



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