cast(expr AS type) – Casts the value `expr` to the target data type `type`.
Platforms: WhereOS, Spark, Hive
Class: org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.Cast
More functions can be added to WhereOS via Python or R bindings or as Java & Scala UDF (user-defined function), UDAF (user-defined aggregation function) and UDTF (user-defined table generating function) extensions. Custom libraries can be added on via Settings-page or installed from WhereOS Store.