ascii
Computes the numeric value of the first character of the string column.
For the corresponding Databricks SQL function, see ascii function.
Syntax
Python
from pyspark.sql import functions as dbf
dbf.ascii(col=<col>)
Parameters
Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
|
| target column to work on. |
Returns
pyspark.sql.Column: numeric value.
Examples
Python
from pyspark.sql import functions as dbf
df = spark.createDataFrame(["Spark", "PySpark", "Pandas API"], "STRING")
df.select("*", dbf.ascii("value")).show()