Unpack_MLE Example: No Delimiter for Virtual Columns - Teradata Vantage

Machine Learning Engine Analytic Function Reference

Product
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
8.10
1.1
Published
October 2019
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2019-12-31
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Input

The input table, ville_tempdata1, is like the input table for the previous example, except that no delimiter separates the virtual columns in the packed data. To enable the function to determine the virtual columns, the function call specifies the column lengths.

ville_tempdata1
sn packed_temp_data
10 NashvilleTennessee35.1
11 NashvilleTennessee36.2
12 NashvilleTennessee34.5
13 NashvilleTennessee33.6
14 NashvilleTennessee33.1
15 NashvilleTennessee33.2
16 NashvilleTennessee32.8
17 NashvilleTennessee32.4
18 NashvilleTennessee32.2
19 NashvilleTennessee32.4
20 Thisisbaddata

SQL Call

SELECT * FROM Unpack_MLE (
  ON ville_tempdata1
  USING
  TargetColumn ('packed_temp_data')
  OutputColumns ('city','state','temp_F')
  OutputDataTypes ('varchar(9)','varchar(9)','float')
  ColumnLength (9,9,4)
  Regex ('(.*)')
  RegexSet (1)
  IgnoreInvalid ('true')
) AS dt ORDER BY sn;

Output

 city      state     temp_f sn 
 --------- --------- ------ -- 
 nashville tennessee   35.1 10
 nashville tennessee   36.2 11
 nashville tennessee   34.5 12
 nashville tennessee   33.6 13
 nashville tennessee   33.1 14
 knoxville tennessee   33.2 15
 knoxville tennessee   32.8 16
 knoxville tennessee   32.4 17
 knoxville tennessee   32.2 18
 knoxville tennessee   32.4 19

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