Github user phegstrom commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/22227#discussion_r215705304 --- Diff: sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/regexpExpressions.scala --- @@ -229,36 +229,58 @@ case class RLike(left: Expression, right: Expression) extends StringRegexExpress /** - * Splits str around pat (pattern is a regular expression). + * Splits str around matches of the given regex. */ @ExpressionDescription( - usage = "_FUNC_(str, regex) - Splits `str` around occurrences that match `regex`.", + usage = "_FUNC_(str, regex, limit) - Splits `str` around occurrences that match `regex`" + + " and returns an array of at most `limit`", + arguments = """ + Arguments: + * str - a string expression to split. + * regex - a string representing a regular expression. The regex string should be a + Java regular expression. + * limit - an integer expression which controls the number of times the regex is applied. + + limit > 0: The resulting array's length will not be more than `limit`, + and the resulting array's last entry will contain all input + beyond the last matched regex. + limit <= 0: `regex` will be applied as many times as possible, and + the resulting array can be of any size. --- End diff -- got it, nvm
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