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kurtosis

Returns the kurtosis of the values in a group.

Syntax

Python
from pyspark.sql import functions as sf

sf.kurtosis(col)

Parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

col

pyspark.sql.Column or column name

Target column to compute on.

Parameter

Type

Description

col

pyspark.sql.Column or column name

Target column to compute on.

Returns

pyspark.sql.Column: kurtosis of given column.

Examples

Python
from pyspark.sql import functions as sf
df = spark.createDataFrame([[1],[1],[2]], ["c"])
result = df.select(sf.kurtosis(df.c)).collect()[0][0]
spark.createDataFrame([(result < -1.49 and result > -1.51,)], ["within_expected_range"]).show()
Output
+---------------------+
|within_expected_range|
+---------------------+
| true|
+---------------------+