Github user mn-mikke commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/21208#discussion_r185538873 --- Diff: sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/collectionOperations.scala --- @@ -1229,3 +1229,98 @@ case class Flatten(child: Expression) extends UnaryExpression { override def prettyName: String = "flatten" } + +/** + * Returns the array containing the given input value (left) count (right) times. + */ +@ExpressionDescription( + usage = "_FUNC_(element, count) - Returns the array containing element count times.", + examples = """ + Examples: + > SELECT _FUNC_('123', 2); + ['123', '123'] + """) +case class ArrayRepeat(left: Expression, right: Expression) + extends BinaryExpression { + + override def dataType: ArrayType = ArrayType(left.dataType, left.nullable) + + override def checkInputDataTypes(): TypeCheckResult = { + val expected = IntegerType + if (!expected.acceptsType(right.dataType)) { + val mismatch = s"argument 2 requires ${expected.simpleString} type, " + + s"however, '${right.sql}' is of ${right.dataType.simpleString} type." + TypeCheckResult.TypeCheckFailure(mismatch) + } else { + TypeCheckResult.TypeCheckSuccess + } + } + + override def nullable: Boolean = false + + override def eval(input: InternalRow): Any = { + new GenericArrayData(List.fill(right.eval(input).asInstanceOf[Integer])(left.eval(input))) --- End diff -- ``` scala> List.fill(null.asInstanceOf[Integer])("abc") java.lang.NullPointerException at scala.Predef$.Integer2int(Predef.scala:362) ... 51 elided ```
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