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.sql import functions as dbf

dbf.char(col=<col>)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
col	pyspark.sql.Column or str	Input column or strings

Parameter	Type	Description
col	pyspark.sql.Column or str	Input column or strings

Examples

Python

from pyspark.sql import functions as dbf
spark.range(1).select(dbf.char(dbf.lit(65))).show()

Output

+--------+
|char(65)|
+--------+
|       A|
+--------+