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tan

Computes tangent of the input column. Supports Spark Connect.

For the corresponding Databricks SQL function, see tan function.

Syntax​

Python
from pyspark.sql import functions as dbf

dbf.tan(col=<col>)

Parameters​

Parameter

Type

Description

col

pyspark.sql.Column or column name

angle in radians

Parameter

Type

Description

col

pyspark.sql.Column or column name

angle in radians

Returns​

pyspark.sql.Column: tangent of the given value, as if computed by java.lang.Math.tan()

Examples​

Python
from pyspark.sql import functions as dbf
spark.sql(
"SELECT * FROM VALUES (0.0), (PI() / 4), (PI() / 6) AS TAB(value)"
).select("*", dbf.tan("value")).show()
Output
+------------------+------------------+
| value| TAN(value)|
+------------------+------------------+
| 0.0| 0.0|
|0.7853981633974...|0.9999999999999...|
|0.5235987755982...|0.5773502691896...|
+------------------+------------------+

Python
from pyspark.sql import functions as dbf
spark.sql(
"SELECT * FROM VALUES (FLOAT('NAN')), (NULL) AS TAB(value)"
).select("*", dbf.tan("value")).show()
Output
+-----+----------+
|value|TAN(value)|
+-----+----------+
| NaN| NaN|
| NULL| NULL|
+-----+----------+