pyspark.sql.functions.column

pyspark.sql.functions.column(col: str) → pyspark.sql.column.Column

Returns a Column based on the given column name.

New in version 1.3.0.

Changed in version 3.4.0: Supports Spark Connect.

Parameters

colstr

the name for the column

Returns

Column

the corresponding column instance.

Examples

>>> col('x')
Column<'x'>
>>> column('x')
Column<'x'>

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