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1.concat对于字符串进行拼接
concat(str1, str2, ..., strN) - Returns the concatenation of str1, str2, ..., strN.
Examples:> SELECT concat('Spark', 'SQL'); SparkSQL
2.concat_ws在拼接的字符串中间添加某种格式
concat_ws(sep, [str | array(str)]+) - Returns the concatenation of the strings separated by sep.
Examples:> SELECT concat_ws(' ', 'Spark', 'SQL'); Spark SQL
3.decode转码
decode(bin, charset) - Decodes the first argument using the second argument character set.
Examples: > SELECT decode(encode('abc', 'utf-8'), 'utf-8'); abc
4.encode设置编码格式
encode(str, charset) - Encodes the first argument using the second argument character set.
Examples: > SELECT encode('abc', 'utf-8');abc
5.format_string/printf 格式化字符串
format_string(strfmt, obj, ...) - Returns a formatted string from printf-style format strings.
Examples:> SELECT format_string("Hello World %d %s", 100, "days"); Hello World 100 days
6.initcap将每个单词的首字母变为大写，其他字母小写; lower全部转为小写，upper大写
initcap(str) - Returns str with the first letter of each word in uppercase. All other letters are in lowercase. Words are delimited by white space.
Examples:> SELECT initcap('sPark sql'); Spark Sql
7.length返回字符串的长度
Examples:> SELECT length('Spark SQL '); 10
8.levenshtein编辑距离（将一个字符串变为另一个字符串的距离）
levenshtein(str1, str2) - Returns the Levenshtein distance between the two given strings.
Examples:> SELECT levenshtein('kitten', 'sitting'); 3
9.lpad返回固定长度的字符串，如果长度不够，用某种字符补全，rpad右补全
lpad(str, len, pad) - Returns str, left-padded with pad to a length of len. If str is longer than len, the return value is shortened to len characters.
Examples:> SELECT lpad('hi', 5, '??'); ???hi
10.ltrim去除空格或去除开头的某些字符,rtrim右去除，trim两边同时去除
ltrim(str) - Removes the leading space characters from str.
ltrim(trimStr, str) - Removes the leading string contains the characters from the trim string
Examples:
> SELECT ltrim(' SparkSQL '); SparkSQL
> SELECT ltrim('Sp', 'SSparkSQLS'); arkSQLS11.regexp_extract 正则提取某些字符串，regexp_replace正则替换
Examples:> SELECT regexp_extract('100-200', '(d+)-(d+)', 1); 100
Examples: > SELECT regexp_replace('100-200', '(d+)', 'num'); num-num
12.repeat复制给的字符串n次
Examples: > SELECT repeat('123', 2); 123123
13.instr返回截取字符串的位置/locate
instr(str, substr) - Returns the (1-based) index of the first occurrence of substr in str.
Examples:> SELECT instr('SparkSQL', 'SQL'); 6
Examples:> SELECT locate('bar', 'foobarbar'); 4
14.space 在字符串前面加n个空格
space(n) - Returns a string consisting of n spaces.
Examples:> SELECT concat(space(2), '1'); 1
15.split以某些字符拆分字符串
split(str, regex) - Splits str around occurrences that match regex.
Examples:> SELECT split('oneAtwoBthreeC', '[ABC]'); ["one","two","three",""]
16.substr截取字符串，substring_index
Examples:
> SELECT substr('Spark SQL', 5); k SQL
> SELECT substr('Spark SQL', -3); SQL
> SELECT substr('Spark SQL', 5, 1); k> SELECT substring_index('www.apache.org', '.', 2); www.apache17.translate 替换某些字符串为
Examples: > SELECT translate('AaBbCc', 'abc', '123'); A1B2C3
18.get_json_object
get_json_object(json_txt, path) - Extracts a json object from path.
Examples:> SELECT get_json_object('{"a":"b"}', '$.a'); b
19.unhex
unhex(expr) - Converts hexadecimal expr to binary.
Examples:> SELECT decode(unhex('537061726B2053514C'), 'UTF-8'); Spark SQL
20.to_json
to_json(expr[, options]) - Returns a json string with a given struct value
Examples:
> SELECT to_json(named_struct('a', 1, 'b', 2)); {"a":1,"b":2}
> SELECT to_json(named_struct('time', to_timestamp('2015-08-26', 'yyyy-MM-dd')), map('timestampFormat', 'dd/MM/yyyy')); {"time":"26/08/2015"}
> SELECT to_json(array(named_struct('a', 1, 'b', 2)); [{"a":1,"b":2}]
> SELECT to_json(map('a', named_struct('b', 1))); {"a":{"b":1}}
> SELECT to_json(map(named_struct('a', 1),named_struct('b', 2))); {"[1]":{"b":2}}
> SELECT to_json(map('a', 1)); {"a":1}
> SELECT to_json(array((map('a', 1)))); [{"a":1}]
Since: 2.2.0