pyspark.sql.functions.lag

pyspark.sql.functions.lag(col, offset=1, default=None)[source]

Window function: returns the value that is offset rows before the current row, and default 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.

This is equivalent to the LAG function in SQL.

New in version 1.4.0.

Parameters:
colColumn or str

name of column or expression

offsetint, optional

number of row to extend

defaultoptional

default value