if (childExpressions != null) {
super.evaluateChildren(batch);
}
BytesColumnVector outV = (BytesColumnVector) batch.cols[outputColumn];
ColumnVector inputCol = batch.cols[this.colNum];
/* every line below this is identical for evaluateLong & evaluateString */
final int n = inputCol.isRepeating ? 1 : batch.size;
int[] sel = batch.selected;
if(batch.size == 0) {