pow

Returns the value of the first argument raised to the power of the second argument. Supports Spark Connect.

For the corresponding Databricks SQL function, see pow function.

Syntax

Python

from pyspark.sql import functions as dbf

dbf.pow(col1=<col1>, col2=<col2>)

# Or

dbf.power(col1=<col1>, col2=<col2>)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
col1	pyspark.sql.Column, column name or float	the base number.
col2	pyspark.sql.Column, column name or float	the exponent number.

Parameter	Type	Description
col1	pyspark.sql.Column, column name or float	the base number.
col2	pyspark.sql.Column, column name or float	the exponent number.

Returns

pyspark.sql.Column: the base rased to the power the argument.

Examples

Python

from pyspark.sql import functions as dbf
spark.range(5).select("*", dbf.pow("id", 2)).show()

Output

+---+------------+
| id|POWER(id, 2)|
+---+------------+
|  0|         0.0|
|  1|         1.0|
|  2|         4.0|
|  3|         9.0|
|  4|        16.0|
+---+------------+