What is the purpose of the STORE statement in Pig?

The STORE statement in Pig is used to save data to a file or other data storage systems, such as HDFS or Amazon S3. By using the STORE statement, users can persistently store processed data for future analysis or queries. The syntax of the STORE statement is as follows:

STORE <relation_name> INTO 'output_directory' [USING function];

In this case, refers to the name of the dataset to be stored, ‘output_directory’ represents the path where data will be stored, specified within quotation marks. The USING function is an optional parameter for specifying the storage function. The STORE statement can be used to save data in various formats such as text files, sequence files, or Parquet files.