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atanh

Computes inverse hyperbolic tangent of the input column. Supports Spark Connect.

For the corresponding Databricks SQL function, see atanh function.

Syntax​

Python
from pyspark.sql import functions as dbf

dbf.atanh(col=<col>)

Parameters​

Parameter

Type

Description

col

pyspark.sql.Column or column name

target column to compute on.

Parameter

Type

Description

col

pyspark.sql.Column or column name

target column to compute on.

Returns​

pyspark.sql.Column: the column for computed results.

Examples​

Python
from pyspark.sql import functions as dbf
df = spark.createDataFrame([(-0.5,), (0.0,), (0.5,)], ["value"])
df.select("*", dbf.atanh(df.value)).show()
Output
+-----+-------------------+
|value| ATANH(value)|
+-----+-------------------+
| -0.5|-0.5493061443340...|
| 0.0| 0.0|
| 0.5| 0.5493061443340...|
+-----+-------------------+

Python
from pyspark.sql import functions as dbf
spark.sql("SELECT * FROM VALUES (-2), (2), (FLOAT('NAN')), (NULL) AS TAB(value)").select("*", dbf.atanh("value")).show()
Output
+-----+------------+
|value|ATANH(value)|
+-----+------------+
| -2.0| NaN|
| 2.0| NaN|
| NaN| NaN|
| NULL| NULL|
+-----+------------+