Github user HuJiayin commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/7208#discussion_r33998167 --- Diff: sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/stringOperations.scala --- @@ -298,3 +299,34 @@ case class StringLength(child: Expression) extends UnaryExpression with ExpectsI override def prettyName: String = "length" } + +/** + * Returns string, with the first letter of each word in uppercase, + * all other letters in lowercase. Words are delimited by whitespace. + */ +case class InitCap(child: Expression) extends UnaryExpression with ExpectsInputTypes { + override def dataType: DataType = StringType + override def inputTypes: Seq[DataType] = Seq(StringType) + override def eval(input: InternalRow): Any = { + val string = child.eval(input) + if (string == null) { + null + } else { + val str: String = string.toString + if (str == "") { + return null + } + val sb = new StringBuilder + sb.append(str) + sb.setCharAt(0, sb(0).toUpper) + --- End diff -- tarekauel: I think this check should be implemented in stringbuilder function. On the other side, the exception is reasonable. We cannot hide all the exceptions.
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