pyspark.pandas.Series.sub

Series.sub(other)

Return Subtraction of series and other, element-wise (binary operator -).

Equivalent to series - other

Parameters

otherSeries or scalar value

fill_valueScalar value, default None

Returns

Series

The result of the operation.

See also

Series.rsub

Examples

>>> df = ps.DataFrame({'a': [2, 2, 4, np.nan],
...                    'b': [2, np.nan, 2, np.nan]},
...                   index=['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'], columns=['a', 'b'])
>>> df
     a    b
a  2.0  2.0
b  2.0  NaN
c  4.0  2.0
d  NaN  NaN

>>> df.a.subtract(df.b)
a    0.0
b    NaN
c    2.0
d    NaN
dtype: float64

>>> df.a.rsub(df.b)
a    0.0
b    NaN
c   -2.0
d    NaN
dtype: float64