You could also use the following (in trunk): https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PIG-3198
so you'd do: invoke&Integer.valueOf(x, 16); where x would be the hex string 2013/5/6 Alan Gates <[email protected]> > I am not aware of any built in or Piggybank UDF that converts Hex to Int, > but it would be a welcome contribution if you wanted to write it. > > Alan. > > On May 5, 2013, at 8:14 PM, John Meek wrote: > > > Hey all, > > > > If I need to load a Hbase table with Hex values into Pig, does that > require a specific UDF? IS there any inbuilt function in Pig? I searched > the documentation but cannot find anything that lets me convert Hex to Int. > > > > > > JM > >
