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char

Returns the ASCII character having the binary equivalent to col. If col is larger than 256 the result is equivalent to char(col % 256).

For the corresponding Databricks SQL function, see char function.

Syntax

Python
from pyspark.databricks.sql import functions as dbf

dbf.char(col=<col>)

Parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

col

pyspark.sql.Column or str

Input column or strings

Examples

Python
from pyspark.databricks.sql import functions as dbf
spark.range(1).select(dbf.char(dbf.lit(65))).show()
Output
+--------+
|char(65)|
+--------+
| A|
+--------+