select count distinct using pig latin

Question

I need help with this pig script. I am just getting a single record. I am selecting 2 columns and doing a count(distinct) on another while also using a where like clause to find

Answer 1

You can better define this as a macro:

DEFINE DISTINCT_COUNT(A, c) RETURNS dist {
  temp = FOREACH $A GENERATE $c;                                                                                                                                                      
  dist = DISTINCT temp;                                                                                                                                                               
  groupAll = GROUP dist ALL;                                                                                                                                                          
  $dist = FOREACH groupAll GENERATE COUNT(dist);                                                                                                                                      
}

Usage:

X = LOAD 'data' AS (x: int);

Y = DISTINCT_COUNT(X, x);

If you need to use it in a FOREACH instead then the easiest way is something like:

...GENERATE COUNT(Distinct(x))...

Tested on Pig 12.