https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/HDPCD-Developer-Exam-Pig-column-indexing-questions/m-p/207794#M59859 <P>To refer nth column , you have to use $(n-1) , so $4 will refer to 5th column .</P> Fri, 28 Apr 2017 12:08:57 GMT agrawaankit 2017-04-28T12:08:57Z https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/HDPCD-Developer-Exam-Pig-column-indexing-questions/m-p/207793#M59858 <P>Hi,</P><P>In HDPCD exam questions, when column 5 (for example ) is mentioned, does this refer to $4 in pig relation? I assume it does but just want to confirm.</P> Fri, 21 Apr 2017 21:12:54 GMT https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/HDPCD-Developer-Exam-Pig-column-indexing-questions/m-p/207793#M59858 nazar_merza 2017-04-21T21:12:54Z https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/HDPCD-Developer-Exam-Pig-column-indexing-questions/m-p/207794#M59859 <P>To refer nth column , you have to use $(n-1) , so $4 will refer to 5th column .</P> Fri, 28 Apr 2017 12:08:57 GMT https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/HDPCD-Developer-Exam-Pig-column-indexing-questions/m-p/207794#M59859 agrawaankit 2017-04-28T12:08:57Z