Is there any Conditional IF like operator in Apache PIG?

Question

Actually I am writing PIG Script and want to execute some set of statements if one of the condition is satisfied.

I have set one variable and checking for some value of that variable. Suppose

if flag==0 then
  A = LOAD 'file' using PigStorage() as (f1:int, ....);
  B = ...;
  C = ....;
else 
  again some Pig Latin statements

Can I do this in PIG Script? If yes, then how can I do this?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Yes, Pig does offer an if-then-else construction, but it is not used in the way you're asking.

Pig's if-then-else is an arithmetic operator invoked with the shorthand "condition ? true_value : false_value" as part of an expression, such as:

X = FOREACH A GENERATE f2, (f2==1?1:COUNT(B));

You have to already have loaded the table A to do this. To execute control flow around entire Pig statements you'll need something like oozie, as suggested by Fakrudeen.