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getbit

Returns the value of the bit (0 or 1) at the specified position.

  • The positions are numbered from right to left, starting at zero.
  • The position argument cannot be negative.

For the corresponding Databricks SQL function, see getbit function.

Syntax

Python
from pyspark.databricks.sql import functions as dbf

dbf.getbit(col=<col>, pos=<pos>)

Parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

col

pyspark.sql.Column or str

target column to compute on.

pos

pyspark.sql.Column or str

The positions are numbered from right to left, starting at zero.

Returns

pyspark.sql.Column: the value of the bit (0 or 1) at the specified position.

Examples

Python
from pyspark.databricks.sql import functions as dbf
spark.createDataFrame(
[[1], [2], [3], [None]], ["value"]
).select("*", dbf.getbit("value", dbf.lit(1))).show()
df = spark.createDataFrame([[1,2],[2,1],[3,None],[None,1]], ["value", "pos"])
df.select("*", dbf.getbit(df.value, "pos")).show()