this same behavior seen in pig 0.15 also .. could not get any workaround ..
*Cheers !!* Arvind On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 12:17 AM, Christopher Maier < christopher.ma...@gm.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I haven't received any response on this, is there a known answer available? > > Thanks, > Kit > > From: Christopher Maier > Sent: Friday, October 23, 2015 11:39 AM > To: 'user@pig.apache.org' <user@pig.apache.org> > Cc: Arnaud Balat <arnaud.ba...@gm.com> > Subject: Backslash at end of string literal > > Hi, > > Pig seems not to handle backslashes at the end of string literals > properly. I've tried several variations and haven't gotten it to work. > Backslashes inside of string literals still work fine. Can someone confirm > this, or what the correct syntax would be for a string literal ending in a > backslash? > > SCRIPT > > tgzk9r9@wrnidvmedg001:/data/commonScripts/util/Omniture/pigscripts> cat > test2.pig > a = load 'test1.txt' using PigStorage(',') as > (A:chararray,B:chararray,C:chararray); > dump a; > b = foreach a generate 'abcd\\\\abcd'; > dump b; > c = foreach a generate 'abcd\\\\'; > dump c; > > ERROR > > tgzk9r9@wrnidvmedg001:/data/commonScripts/util/Omniture/pigscripts> pig > -f test2.pig > INFO [JobControl] org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.input.FileInputFormat > - Total input paths to process : 1 > INFO [main] org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.input.FileInputFormat - > Total input paths to process : 1 > (a,b,c) > INFO [JobControl] org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.input.FileInputFormat > - Total input paths to process : 1 > INFO [main] org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.input.FileInputFormat - > Total input paths to process : 1 > (abcd\\abcd) > ERROR [main] org.apache.pig.tools.grunt.Grunt - ERROR 1000: Error > during parsing. Lexical error at line 7, column 0. Encountered: <EOF> > after : "" > Details at logfile: > /data/commonScripts/util/Omniture/pigscripts/pig_1445618087248.log > > STACK TRACE > > tgzk9r9@wrnidvmedg001:/data/commonScripts/util/Omniture/pigscripts> cat > /data/commonScripts/util/Omniture/pigscripts/pig_1445618087248.log > Pig Stack Trace > --------------- > ERROR 1000: Error during parsing. Lexical error at line 7, column 0. > Encountered: <EOF> after : "" > > org.apache.pig.tools.pigscript.parser.TokenMgrError: Lexical error at line > 7, column 0. Encountered: <EOF> after : "" > at > org.apache.pig.tools.pigscript.parser.PigScriptParserTokenManager.getNextToken(PigScriptParserTokenManager.java:3318) > at > org.apache.pig.tools.pigscript.parser.PigScriptParser.jj_ntk(PigScriptParser.java:1379) > at > org.apache.pig.tools.pigscript.parser.PigScriptParser.parse(PigScriptParser.java:106) > at > org.apache.pig.tools.grunt.GruntParser.parseStopOnError(GruntParser.java:198) > at > org.apache.pig.tools.grunt.GruntParser.parseStopOnError(GruntParser.java:173) > at org.apache.pig.tools.grunt.Grunt.exec(Grunt.java:84) > at org.apache.pig.Main.run(Main.java:478) > at org.apache.pig.Main.main(Main.java:156) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:94) > at > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:55) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:619) > at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:212) > > ================================================================================ > > PIG VERSION > > tgzk9r9@wrnidvmedg001:/data/commonScripts/util/Omniture/pigscripts> pig > -version > Apache Pig version 0.12.0 (rexported) > compiled Oct 26 2014, 23:43:04 > > Thanks, > Kit > > > > Nothing in this message is intended to constitute an electronic signature > unless a specific statement to the contrary is included in this message. > > Confidentiality Note: This message is intended only for the person or > entity to which it is addressed. It may contain confidential and/or > privileged material. Any review, transmission, dissemination or other use, > or taking of any action in reliance upon this message by persons or > entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited and may be > unlawful. If you received this message in error, please contact the sender > and delete it from your computer. >