pyspark.sql.functions.log1p

pyspark.sql.functions.log1p(col: ColumnOrName) → pyspark.sql.column.Column

Computes the natural logarithm of the “given value plus one”.

New in version 1.4.0.

Changed in version 3.4.0: Supports Spark Connect.

Parameters

colColumn or str

column to calculate natural logarithm for.

Returns

Column

natural logarithm of the “given value plus one”.

Examples

>>> import math
>>> df = spark.range(1)
>>> df.select(log1p(lit(math.e))).first()
Row(LOG1P(2.71828...)=1.31326...)

Same as:

>>> df.select(log(lit(math.e+1))).first()
Row(ln(3.71828...)=1.31326...)

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