printf

Formats the arguments in printf-style and returns the result as a string column.

For the corresponding Databricks SQL function, see printf function.

Syntax

Python

from pyspark.databricks.sql import functions as dbf

dbf.printf(format=<format>, *cols=<*cols>)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
format	pyspark.sql.Column or str	string that can contain embedded format tags and used as result column's value
cols	pyspark.sql.Column or str	column names or pyspark.sql.Column to be used in formatting

Examples

Python

from pyspark.databricks.sql import functions as dbf
spark.createDataFrame(
[("aa%d%s", 123, "cc",)], ["a", "b", "c"]
).select(dbf.printf("a", "b", "c")).show()