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Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2012 16:57:13 +0530
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Subject: Re: custom format
From: Hemanth Yamijala <yhemanth@gmail.com>
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Hi,

I found this while trying to see if such a FileFormat or Split already exists:
http://bitsofinfo.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/reading-fixed-length-width-input-record-reader-with-hadoop-mapreduce/

I have certainly not tried it myself, hence can't say if it is
current, etc. But maybe it'll help you in some way.

Thanks
Hemanth

On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Anit Alexander <anitamalex@gmail.com> wrote:
> hello user,
>
> I am trying to create a map reduce program which will have splits
> based on a specific length. The content has to be extracted in a way
> such that the newline(\n) or tab(\t) etc characters will be considered
> as a byte and not as a mapper instance. is this possible through
> custom input? if yes, how will i create a custom file split based on a
> specific length value. Any suggestions?
>
> Regards,
> Anit