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isnan

An expression that returns true if the column is NaN. Supports Spark Connect.

For the corresponding Databricks SQL function, see isnan function.

Syntax

Python
from pyspark.databricks.sql import functions as dbf

dbf.isnan(col=<col>)

Parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

col

pyspark.sql.Column or str

Target column to compute on.

Returns

pyspark.sql.Column: True if value is NaN and False otherwise.

Examples

Python
from pyspark.databricks.sql import functions as dbf
df = spark.createDataFrame([(1.0, float('nan')), (float('nan'), 2.0)], ("a", "b"))
df.select("*", dbf.isnan("a"), dbf.isnan(df.b)).show()
Output
+---+---+--------+--------+
| a| b|isnan(a)|isnan(b)|
+---+---+--------+--------+
|1.0|NaN| false| true|
|NaN|2.0| true| false|
+---+---+--------+--------+