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PySpark Substring : In this tutorial we will see how to get a substring of a column on PySpark dataframe. Introduction There are several methods to extract a substring from a DataFrame string column: The…

In this tutorial we will see how to convert a string into a date format using the PySpark to_date() function. Introduction It is often useful to convert a string to date format and vice versa.

In this tutorial we will see how to convert a pyspark dataframe into a pandas using the toPandas() function. Introduction After having processed the data in PySpark, we sometimes have to reconvert our pyspark…

The purpose of this article is to explain you how to create an empty dataframe in pyspark. Introduction In some cases it may be necessary to create an empty dataframe. For example when a stream…

PySpark lit() : In this tutorial we will see how to use the pyspark.sql.functions.lit() in Spark SQL. Introduction The lit() function present in Pyspark is used to add a new column in a Pyspark Dataframe…

Pyspark Distinct : In this tutorial we will see how to get the distinct values of a column in a Dataframe Pyspark. Introduction It can be interesting to know the distinct values of a column…

PySpark orderBy : In this tutorial we will see how to sort a Pyspark dataframe in ascending or descending order. Introduction To sort a dataframe in pyspark, we can use 3 methods: orderby(), sort() or…

PySpark Read CSV file : In this tutorial, I will explain how to create a spark dataframe using a CSV file. Introduction CSV is a widely used data format for processing data. The read.csv() function…