lag {SparkR}R Documentation

lag

Description

Window function: returns the value that is offset rows before the current row, and defaultValue if there is less than offset rows before the current row. For example, an offset of one will return the previous row at any given point in the window partition.

Usage

## S4 method for signature 'characterOrColumn'
lag(x, offset = 1, defaultValue = NULL)

lag(x, ...)

Arguments

x

the column as a character string or a Column to compute on.

offset

the number of rows back from the current row from which to obtain a value. If not specified, the default is 1.

defaultValue

(optional) default to use when the offset row does not exist.

...

further arguments to be passed to or from other methods.

Details

This is equivalent to the LAG function in SQL.

Note

lag since 1.6.0

See Also

Other window_funcs: cume_dist, cume_dist, cume_dist,missing-method; dense_rank, dense_rank, dense_rank,missing-method; lead, lead, lead,characterOrColumn,numeric-method; ntile, ntile, ntile,numeric-method; percent_rank, percent_rank, percent_rank,missing-method; rank, rank, rank, rank,ANY-method, rank,missing-method; row_number, row_number, row_number,missing-method

Examples

## Not run: 
##D   df <- createDataFrame(mtcars)
##D 
##D   # Partition by am (transmission) and order by hp (horsepower)
##D   ws <- orderBy(windowPartitionBy("am"), "hp")
##D 
##D   # Lag mpg values by 1 row on the partition-and-ordered table
##D   out <- select(df, over(lag(df$mpg), ws), df$mpg, df$hp, df$am)
## End(Not run)

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