Array literal in Hive

Question

How do I write out an array literal in Hive?

SELECT PERCENTILE(my_column, [0.5, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, 0.95]) AS quantiles
FROM my_table

Returns the error

FAILED: ParseException line xx:xx cannot recognize input near '[' '0.5' ',' in select expression

Answer 1

Try using array instead of []

SELECT PERCENTILE(my_column, array(0.5, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, 0.95)) AS quantiles
FROM my_table