pyspark.sql.Column.like¶
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Column.
like
(other: str) → pyspark.sql.column.Column[source]¶ SQL like expression. Returns a boolean
Column
based on a SQL LIKE match.Changed in version 3.4.0: Supports Spark Connect.
- Parameters
- otherstr
a SQL LIKE pattern
- Returns
Column
Column of booleans showing whether each element in the Column is matched by SQL LIKE pattern.
See also
Examples
>>> df = spark.createDataFrame( ... [(2, "Alice"), (5, "Bob")], ["age", "name"]) >>> df.filter(df.name.like('Al%')).collect() [Row(age=2, name='Alice')]