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Add hamming_distance function to calculate the Hamming distance between two strings.

Changes

  • BE: Implement hamming_distance in function_string.cpp with FunctionBinaryToType + HammingDistanceImpl,
    and raise an error when the two input strings have different lengths instead of returning NULL.
  • FE: Add HammingDistance scalar function in Nereids with AlwaysNullable (returns NULL when any input is NULL).
  • Test: Add BE-UT with check_function_all_arg_comb to cover all argument combinations.
  • Test: Add distributed regression test test_hamming_distance.groovy.
  • Doc: [link to your doc PR in apache/doris-website].

Behavior

  • Return type: BIGINT, the number of positions where corresponding characters differ.
  • Returns NULL if any input is NULL.
  • Throws an error if the two strings have different lengths.
  • Works for vector/vector, scalar/vector, vector/scalar, scalar/scalar combinations.

Testing

  • BE-UT: ./run-be-ut.sh (pass).
  • Regression: ./run-regression-test.sh --run test_hamming_distance (pass).

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Thearas commented Dec 26, 2025

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- Add visitToSeconds and visitUnicodeNormalize methods to ExpressionVisitor
- Fix test data in test_hamming_distance.groovy (replace NULL with empty strings)
- Add regression test output baseline
- Format function_string_test.cpp with clang-format
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- Remove invalid test cases with unequal string lengths from regression test
- Add visitHammingDistance method to ExpressionVisitor
- Add null value test cases to ensure proper null handling
- All test cases now have equal length strings or null values
- Remove all test cases that involve NULL inputs since the function throws exceptions on null inputs
- Change table schema to use NOT NULL columns
- Remove null-related query tests that would fail
- Add test cases that expect exceptions for NULL inputs and unequal string lengths
- Use 'exception' keyword to test expected error conditions
- Cover NULL-NULL, NULL-string, and unequal length scenarios
@zhishengyk zhishengyk force-pushed the clean-minimal-changes branch from 344c7f9 to a038fbb Compare January 5, 2026 04:30
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run buildall

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run buildall

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@zhishengyk zhishengyk force-pushed the clean-minimal-changes branch from 0cc0328 to 0061141 Compare January 5, 2026 10:48
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