ankitsultana commented on code in PR #12392:
URL: https://github.com/apache/pinot/pull/12392#discussion_r1486692865


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pinot-common/src/main/java/org/apache/pinot/common/function/scalar/StringFunctions.java:
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@@ -570,6 +572,81 @@ public static String[] split(String input, String 
delimiter, int limit) {
     return StringUtils.splitByWholeSeparator(input, delimiter, limit);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @param input an input string for prefix strings generations.
+   * @param length the max length of the prefix strings for the string.
+   * @param regexChar the character for regex matching to be added to prefix 
strings generated. e.g. '^'
+   * @return generate an array of prefix strings of the string that are 
shorter than the specified length.
+   */
+  @ScalarFunction
+  public static String[] prefix(String input, int length, String regexChar) {
+    ObjectSet<String> prefixSet = new ObjectLinkedOpenHashSet<>();
+    for (int prefixLength = 1; prefixLength <= length && prefixLength <= 
input.length(); prefixLength++) {
+      if (regexChar != null) {
+        prefixSet.add(regexChar + input.substring(0, prefixLength));
+      } else {
+        prefixSet.add(input.substring(0, prefixLength));
+      }
+    }
+    return prefixSet.toArray(new String[0]);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @param input an input string for suffix strings generations.
+   * @param length the max length of the suffix strings for the string.
+   * @param regexChar the character for regex matching to be added to suffix 
strings generated. e.g. '$'
+   * @return generate an array of suffix strings of the string that are 
shorter than the specified length.
+   */
+  @ScalarFunction
+  public static String[] suffix(String input, int length, String regexChar) {
+    ObjectSet<String> suffixSet = new ObjectLinkedOpenHashSet<>();
+    for (int suffixLength = 1; suffixLength <= length && suffixLength <= 
input.length(); suffixLength++) {
+      if (regexChar != null) {
+        suffixSet.add(input.substring(input.length() - suffixLength) + 
regexChar);
+      } else {
+        suffixSet.add(input.substring(input.length() - suffixLength));
+      }
+    }
+    return suffixSet.toArray(new String[0]);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @param input an input string for ngram generations.
+   * @param length the max length of the ngram for the string.
+   * @return generate an array of ngram of the string that length are exactly 
matching the specified length.
+   */
+  @ScalarFunction
+  public static String[] ngram(String input, int length) {

Review Comment:
   Suggest renaming this to `ngrams` to be consistent with CH: 
https://clickhouse.com/docs/en/sql-reference/functions/splitting-merging-functions#ngrams



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pinot-common/src/main/java/org/apache/pinot/common/function/scalar/StringFunctions.java:
##########
@@ -570,6 +572,81 @@ public static String[] split(String input, String 
delimiter, int limit) {
     return StringUtils.splitByWholeSeparator(input, delimiter, limit);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @param input an input string for prefix strings generations.
+   * @param length the max length of the prefix strings for the string.
+   * @param regexChar the character for regex matching to be added to prefix 
strings generated. e.g. '^'
+   * @return generate an array of prefix strings of the string that are 
shorter than the specified length.
+   */
+  @ScalarFunction
+  public static String[] prefix(String input, int length, String regexChar) {

Review Comment:
   The name of the function may lead users to think that this is equivalent to 
`input.substring(0, arg)`. But instead this is returning all prefixes <= given 
length.



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pinot-common/src/main/java/org/apache/pinot/common/function/scalar/StringFunctions.java:
##########
@@ -570,6 +572,81 @@ public static String[] split(String input, String 
delimiter, int limit) {
     return StringUtils.splitByWholeSeparator(input, delimiter, limit);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @param input an input string for prefix strings generations.
+   * @param length the max length of the prefix strings for the string.
+   * @param regexChar the character for regex matching to be added to prefix 
strings generated. e.g. '^'

Review Comment:
   What's the role of this?



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