is_valid_utf8

Returns true if the input is a valid UTF-8 string, otherwise returns false.

For the corresponding Databricks SQL function, see is_valid_utf8 function.

Syntax

Python

from pyspark.databricks.sql import functions as dbf

dbf.is_valid_utf8(str=<str>)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
str	pyspark.sql.Column or str	A column of strings, each representing a UTF-8 byte sequence.

Returns

pyspark.sql.Column: whether the input string is a valid UTF-8 string.

Examples

Python

from pyspark.databricks.sql import functions as dbf
spark.range(1).select(dbf.is_valid_utf8(dbf.lit("SparkSQL"))).show()