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shiftleft

Shift the given value numBits left.

For the corresponding Databricks SQL function, see shiftleft function.

Syntax​

Python
from pyspark.sql import functions as dbf

dbf.shiftleft(col=<col>, numBits=<numBits>)

Parameters​

Parameter

Type

Description

col

pyspark.sql.Column or str

input column of values to shift.

numBits

int

number of bits to shift.

Parameter

Type

Description

col

pyspark.sql.Column or str

input column of values to shift.

numBits

int

number of bits to shift.

Returns​

pyspark.sql.Column: shifted value.

Examples​

Python
from pyspark.sql import functions as dbf
spark.range(4).select("*", dbf.shiftleft('id', 1)).show()