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initcap

Translate the first letter of each word to upper case in the sentence.

For the corresponding Databricks SQL function, see initcap function.

Syntax​

Python
from pyspark.databricks.sql import functions as dbf

dbf.initcap(col=<col>)

Parameters​

Parameter

Type

Description

col

pyspark.sql.Column or str

target column to work on.

Returns​

pyspark.sql.Column: string with all first letters are uppercase in each word.

Examples​

Python
from pyspark.databricks.sql import functions as dbf
df = spark.createDataFrame([('ab cd',)], ['a'])
df.select("*", dbf.initcap("a")).show()