var_pop

Returns the population variance of the values in a group.

Syntax

Python

from pyspark.sql import functions as sf

sf.var_pop(col)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
col	pyspark.sql.Column or column name	Target column to compute on.

Returns

pyspark.sql.Column: variance of given column.

Examples

Python

from pyspark.sql import functions as sf
df = spark.range(6)
df.select(sf.var_pop(df.id)).show()

Output

+------------------+
|       var_pop(id)|
+------------------+
|2.9166666666666...|
+------------------+