like (Column)

SQL LIKE pattern matching.

Syntax

Python

like(other)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
other	str	SQL LIKE pattern string

Returns

Column (boolean)

Examples

Python

df = spark.createDataFrame(
     [(2, "Alice"), (5, "Bob")], ["age", "name"])
df.filter(df.name.like('Al%')).collect()

Output

# [Row(age=2, name='Alice')]