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endswith

Returns a boolean. The value is True if str ends with suffix. Returns NULL if either input expression is NULL. Otherwise, returns False. Both str or suffix must be of STRING or BINARY type.

For the corresponding Databricks SQL function, see endswith function.

Syntax

Python
from pyspark.databricks.sql import functions as dbf

dbf.endswith(str=<str>, suffix=<suffix>)

Parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

str

pyspark.sql.Column or str

A column of string.

suffix

pyspark.sql.Column or str

A column of string, the suffix.

Examples

Python
df = spark.createDataFrame([("Spark SQL", "Spark",)], ["a", "b"])
df.select(endswith(df.a, df.b).alias('r')).collect()
Output
[Row(r=False)]
Python
df = spark.createDataFrame([("414243", "4243",)], ["e", "f"])
df = df.select(to_binary("e").alias("e"), to_binary("f").alias("f"))
df.printSchema()
df.select(endswith("e", "f"), endswith("f", "e")).show()
Output
root |-- e: binary (nullable = true) |-- f: binary (nullable = true)
+--------------+--------------+
|endswith(e, f)|endswith(f, e)|
+--------------+--------------+
| true| false|
+--------------+--------------+