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negate

Returns the negative value. Supports Spark Connect.

Syntax

Python
from pyspark.sql import functions as dbf

dbf.negate(col=<col>)

Parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

col

pyspark.sql.Column or column name

column to calculate negative value for.

Parameter

Type

Description

col

pyspark.sql.Column or column name

column to calculate negative value for.

Examples

Python
from pyspark.sql import functions as dbf
df = spark.createDataFrame([(-1,), (0,), (1,)], ["value"])
df.select("*", dbf.negative(df.value)).show()
Output
+-----+---------------+
|value|negative(value)|
+-----+---------------+
| -1| 1|
| 0| 0|
| 1| -1|
+-----+---------------+