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st_numgeometries

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Returns the number of geometries in the input geometry.

For the corresponding Databricks SQL function, see st_numgeometries function.

Syntax

Python
from pyspark.databricks.sql import functions as dbf

dbf.st_numgeometries(col=<col>)

Parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

col

pyspark.sql.Column or str

A Geometry value.

Examples

Python
from pyspark.databricks.sql import functions as dbf
df = spark.createDataFrame([('MULTIPOINT((1 2),EMPTY,EMPTY,(3 4))',)], ['wkt'])
df.select(dbf.st_numgeometries(dbf.st_geomfromtext('wkt')).alias('result')).collect()
Output
[Row(result=4)]