decode
Computes the first argument into a string from a binary using the provided character set (one of 'US-ASCII', 'ISO-8859-1', 'UTF-8', 'UTF-16BE', 'UTF-16LE', 'UTF-16', 'UTF-32').
For the corresponding Databricks SQL function, see decode (key) function.
Syntax
Python
from pyspark.sql import functions as dbf
dbf.decode(col=<col>, charset=<charset>)
Parameters
Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
|
| target column to work on. |
|
| charset to use to decode to. |
Returns
pyspark.sql.Column: the column for computed results.
Examples
Python
from pyspark.sql import functions as dbf
df = spark.createDataFrame([(b"\x61\x62\x63\x64",)], ["a"])
df.select("*", dbf.decode("a", "UTF-8")).show()