Example #1
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class Column(object):
    """
    A column in a DataFrame.

    :class:`Column` instances can be created by::

        # 1. Select a column out of a DataFrame

        df.colName
        df["colName"]

        # 2. Create from an expression
        df.colName + 1
        1 / df.colName

    .. versionadded:: 1.3
    """
    def __init__(self, jc):
        self._jc = jc

    # arithmetic operators
    __neg__ = _func_op("negate")
    __add__ = _bin_op("plus")
    __sub__ = _bin_op("minus")
    __mul__ = _bin_op("multiply")
    __div__ = _bin_op("divide")
    __truediv__ = _bin_op("divide")
    __mod__ = _bin_op("mod")
    __radd__ = _bin_op("plus")
    __rsub__ = _reverse_op("minus")
    __rmul__ = _bin_op("multiply")
    __rdiv__ = _reverse_op("divide")
    __rtruediv__ = _reverse_op("divide")
    __rmod__ = _reverse_op("mod")
    __pow__ = _bin_func_op("pow")
    __rpow__ = _bin_func_op("pow", reverse=True)

    # logistic operators
    __eq__ = _bin_op("equalTo")
    __ne__ = _bin_op("notEqual")
    __lt__ = _bin_op("lt")
    __le__ = _bin_op("leq")
    __ge__ = _bin_op("geq")
    __gt__ = _bin_op("gt")

    _eqNullSafe_doc = """
    Equality test that is safe for null values.

    :param other: a value or :class:`Column`

    >>> from pyspark.sql import Row
    >>> df1 = spark.createDataFrame([
    ...     Row(id=1, value='foo'),
    ...     Row(id=2, value=None)
    ... ])
    >>> df1.select(
    ...     df1['value'] == 'foo',
    ...     df1['value'].eqNullSafe('foo'),
    ...     df1['value'].eqNullSafe(None)
    ... ).show()
    +-------------+---------------+----------------+
    |(value = foo)|(value <=> foo)|(value <=> NULL)|
    +-------------+---------------+----------------+
    |         true|           true|           false|
    |         null|          false|            true|
    +-------------+---------------+----------------+
    >>> df2 = spark.createDataFrame([
    ...     Row(value = 'bar'),
    ...     Row(value = None)
    ... ])
    >>> df1.join(df2, df1["value"] == df2["value"]).count()
    0
    >>> df1.join(df2, df1["value"].eqNullSafe(df2["value"])).count()
    1
    >>> df2 = spark.createDataFrame([
    ...     Row(id=1, value=float('NaN')),
    ...     Row(id=2, value=42.0),
    ...     Row(id=3, value=None)
    ... ])
    >>> df2.select(
    ...     df2['value'].eqNullSafe(None),
    ...     df2['value'].eqNullSafe(float('NaN')),
    ...     df2['value'].eqNullSafe(42.0)
    ... ).show()
    +----------------+---------------+----------------+
    |(value <=> NULL)|(value <=> NaN)|(value <=> 42.0)|
    +----------------+---------------+----------------+
    |           false|           true|           false|
    |           false|          false|            true|
    |            true|          false|           false|
    +----------------+---------------+----------------+

    .. note:: Unlike Pandas, PySpark doesn't consider NaN values to be NULL.
       See the `NaN Semantics`_ for details.
    .. _NaN Semantics:
       https://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/sql-programming-guide.html#nan-semantics
    .. versionadded:: 2.3.0
    """
    eqNullSafe = _bin_op("eqNullSafe", _eqNullSafe_doc)

    # `and`, `or`, `not` cannot be overloaded in Python,
    # so use bitwise operators as boolean operators
    __and__ = _bin_op('and')
    __or__ = _bin_op('or')
    __invert__ = _func_op('not')
    __rand__ = _bin_op("and")
    __ror__ = _bin_op("or")

    # container operators
    def __contains__(self, item):
        raise ValueError(
            "Cannot apply 'in' operator against a column: please use 'contains' "
            "in a string column or 'array_contains' function for an array column."
        )

    # bitwise operators
    _bitwiseOR_doc = """
    Compute bitwise OR of this expression with another expression.

    :param other: a value or :class:`Column` to calculate bitwise or(|) against
                  this :class:`Column`.

    >>> from pyspark.sql import Row
    >>> df = spark.createDataFrame([Row(a=170, b=75)])
    >>> df.select(df.a.bitwiseOR(df.b)).collect()
    [Row((a | b)=235)]
    """
    _bitwiseAND_doc = """
    Compute bitwise AND of this expression with another expression.

    :param other: a value or :class:`Column` to calculate bitwise and(&) against
                  this :class:`Column`.

    >>> from pyspark.sql import Row
    >>> df = spark.createDataFrame([Row(a=170, b=75)])
    >>> df.select(df.a.bitwiseAND(df.b)).collect()
    [Row((a & b)=10)]
    """
    _bitwiseXOR_doc = """
    Compute bitwise XOR of this expression with another expression.

    :param other: a value or :class:`Column` to calculate bitwise xor(^) against
                  this :class:`Column`.

    >>> from pyspark.sql import Row
    >>> df = spark.createDataFrame([Row(a=170, b=75)])
    >>> df.select(df.a.bitwiseXOR(df.b)).collect()
    [Row((a ^ b)=225)]
    """

    bitwiseOR = _bin_op("bitwiseOR", _bitwiseOR_doc)
    bitwiseAND = _bin_op("bitwiseAND", _bitwiseAND_doc)
    bitwiseXOR = _bin_op("bitwiseXOR", _bitwiseXOR_doc)

    @since(1.3)
    def getItem(self, key):
        """
        An expression that gets an item at position ``ordinal`` out of a list,
        or gets an item by key out of a dict.

        >>> df = spark.createDataFrame([([1, 2], {"key": "value"})], ["l", "d"])
        >>> df.select(df.l.getItem(0), df.d.getItem("key")).show()
        +----+------+
        |l[0]|d[key]|
        +----+------+
        |   1| value|
        +----+------+

        .. versionchanged:: 3.0
           If `key` is a `Column` object, the indexing operator should be used instead.
           For example, `map_col.getItem(col('id'))` should be replaced with `map_col[col('id')]`.
        """
        return _bin_op("getItem")(self, key)

    @since(1.3)
    def getField(self, name):
        """
        An expression that gets a field by name in a StructField.

        >>> from pyspark.sql import Row
        >>> df = spark.createDataFrame([Row(r=Row(a=1, b="b"))])
        >>> df.select(df.r.getField("b")).show()
        +---+
        |r.b|
        +---+
        |  b|
        +---+
        >>> df.select(df.r.a).show()
        +---+
        |r.a|
        +---+
        |  1|
        +---+
        """
        return self[name]

    def __getattr__(self, item):
        if item.startswith("__"):
            raise AttributeError(item)
        return self.getField(item)

    def __getitem__(self, k):
        if isinstance(k, slice):
            if k.step is not None:
                raise ValueError("slice with step is not supported.")
            return self.substr(k.start, k.stop)
        else:
            return _bin_op("apply")(self, k)

    def __iter__(self):
        raise TypeError("Column is not iterable")

    # string methods
    _contains_doc = """
    Contains the other element. Returns a boolean :class:`Column` based on a string match.

    :param other: string in line

    >>> df.filter(df.name.contains('o')).collect()
    [Row(age=5, name=u'Bob')]
    """
    _rlike_doc = """
    SQL RLIKE expression (LIKE with Regex). Returns a boolean :class:`Column` based on a regex
    match.

    :param other: an extended regex expression

    >>> df.filter(df.name.rlike('ice$')).collect()
    [Row(age=2, name=u'Alice')]
    """
    _like_doc = """
    SQL like expression. Returns a boolean :class:`Column` based on a SQL LIKE match.

    :param other: a SQL LIKE pattern

    See :func:`rlike` for a regex version

    >>> df.filter(df.name.like('Al%')).collect()
    [Row(age=2, name=u'Alice')]
    """
    _startswith_doc = """
    String starts with. Returns a boolean :class:`Column` based on a string match.

    :param other: string at start of line (do not use a regex `^`)

    >>> df.filter(df.name.startswith('Al')).collect()
    [Row(age=2, name=u'Alice')]
    >>> df.filter(df.name.startswith('^Al')).collect()
    []
    """
    _endswith_doc = """
    String ends with. Returns a boolean :class:`Column` based on a string match.

    :param other: string at end of line (do not use a regex `$`)

    >>> df.filter(df.name.endswith('ice')).collect()
    [Row(age=2, name=u'Alice')]
    >>> df.filter(df.name.endswith('ice$')).collect()
    []
    """

    contains = ignore_unicode_prefix(_bin_op("contains", _contains_doc))
    rlike = ignore_unicode_prefix(_bin_op("rlike", _rlike_doc))
    like = ignore_unicode_prefix(_bin_op("like", _like_doc))
    startswith = ignore_unicode_prefix(_bin_op("startsWith", _startswith_doc))
    endswith = ignore_unicode_prefix(_bin_op("endsWith", _endswith_doc))

    @ignore_unicode_prefix
    @since(1.3)
    def substr(self, startPos, length):
        """
        Return a :class:`Column` which is a substring of the column.

        :param startPos: start position (int or Column)
        :param length:  length of the substring (int or Column)

        >>> df.select(df.name.substr(1, 3).alias("col")).collect()
        [Row(col=u'Ali'), Row(col=u'Bob')]
        """
        if type(startPos) != type(length):
            raise TypeError(
                "startPos and length must be the same type. "
                "Got {startPos_t} and {length_t}, respectively.".format(
                    startPos_t=type(startPos),
                    length_t=type(length),
                ))
        if isinstance(startPos, int):
            jc = self._jc.substr(startPos, length)
        elif isinstance(startPos, Column):
            jc = self._jc.substr(startPos._jc, length._jc)
        else:
            raise TypeError("Unexpected type: %s" % type(startPos))
        return Column(jc)

    @ignore_unicode_prefix
    @since(1.5)
    def isin(self, *cols):
        """
        A boolean expression that is evaluated to true if the value of this
        expression is contained by the evaluated values of the arguments.

        >>> df[df.name.isin("Bob", "Mike")].collect()
        [Row(age=5, name=u'Bob')]
        >>> df[df.age.isin([1, 2, 3])].collect()
        [Row(age=2, name=u'Alice')]
        """
        if len(cols) == 1 and isinstance(cols[0], (list, set)):
            cols = cols[0]
        cols = [
            c._jc if isinstance(c, Column) else _create_column_from_literal(c)
            for c in cols
        ]
        sc = SparkContext._active_spark_context
        jc = getattr(self._jc, "isin")(_to_seq(sc, cols))
        return Column(jc)

    # order
    _asc_doc = """
    Returns a sort expression based on ascending order of the column.

    >>> from pyspark.sql import Row
    >>> df = spark.createDataFrame([('Tom', 80), ('Alice', None)], ["name", "height"])
    >>> df.select(df.name).orderBy(df.name.asc()).collect()
    [Row(name=u'Alice'), Row(name=u'Tom')]
    """
    _asc_nulls_first_doc = """
    Returns a sort expression based on ascending order of the column, and null values
    return before non-null values.

    >>> from pyspark.sql import Row
    >>> df = spark.createDataFrame([('Tom', 80), (None, 60), ('Alice', None)], ["name", "height"])
    >>> df.select(df.name).orderBy(df.name.asc_nulls_first()).collect()
    [Row(name=None), Row(name=u'Alice'), Row(name=u'Tom')]

    .. versionadded:: 2.4
    """
    _asc_nulls_last_doc = """
    Returns a sort expression based on ascending order of the column, and null values
    appear after non-null values.

    >>> from pyspark.sql import Row
    >>> df = spark.createDataFrame([('Tom', 80), (None, 60), ('Alice', None)], ["name", "height"])
    >>> df.select(df.name).orderBy(df.name.asc_nulls_last()).collect()
    [Row(name=u'Alice'), Row(name=u'Tom'), Row(name=None)]

    .. versionadded:: 2.4
    """
    _desc_doc = """
    Returns a sort expression based on the descending order of the column.

    >>> from pyspark.sql import Row
    >>> df = spark.createDataFrame([('Tom', 80), ('Alice', None)], ["name", "height"])
    >>> df.select(df.name).orderBy(df.name.desc()).collect()
    [Row(name=u'Tom'), Row(name=u'Alice')]
    """
    _desc_nulls_first_doc = """
    Returns a sort expression based on the descending order of the column, and null values
    appear before non-null values.

    >>> from pyspark.sql import Row
    >>> df = spark.createDataFrame([('Tom', 80), (None, 60), ('Alice', None)], ["name", "height"])
    >>> df.select(df.name).orderBy(df.name.desc_nulls_first()).collect()
    [Row(name=None), Row(name=u'Tom'), Row(name=u'Alice')]

    .. versionadded:: 2.4
    """
    _desc_nulls_last_doc = """
    Returns a sort expression based on the descending order of the column, and null values
    appear after non-null values.

    >>> from pyspark.sql import Row
    >>> df = spark.createDataFrame([('Tom', 80), (None, 60), ('Alice', None)], ["name", "height"])
    >>> df.select(df.name).orderBy(df.name.desc_nulls_last()).collect()
    [Row(name=u'Tom'), Row(name=u'Alice'), Row(name=None)]

    .. versionadded:: 2.4
    """

    asc = ignore_unicode_prefix(_unary_op("asc", _asc_doc))
    asc_nulls_first = ignore_unicode_prefix(
        _unary_op("asc_nulls_first", _asc_nulls_first_doc))
    asc_nulls_last = ignore_unicode_prefix(
        _unary_op("asc_nulls_last", _asc_nulls_last_doc))
    desc = ignore_unicode_prefix(_unary_op("desc", _desc_doc))
    desc_nulls_first = ignore_unicode_prefix(
        _unary_op("desc_nulls_first", _desc_nulls_first_doc))
    desc_nulls_last = ignore_unicode_prefix(
        _unary_op("desc_nulls_last", _desc_nulls_last_doc))

    _isNull_doc = """
    True if the current expression is null.

    >>> from pyspark.sql import Row
    >>> df = spark.createDataFrame([Row(name=u'Tom', height=80), Row(name=u'Alice', height=None)])
    >>> df.filter(df.height.isNull()).collect()
    [Row(height=None, name=u'Alice')]
    """
    _isNotNull_doc = """
    True if the current expression is NOT null.

    >>> from pyspark.sql import Row
    >>> df = spark.createDataFrame([Row(name=u'Tom', height=80), Row(name=u'Alice', height=None)])
    >>> df.filter(df.height.isNotNull()).collect()
    [Row(height=80, name=u'Tom')]
    """

    isNull = ignore_unicode_prefix(_unary_op("isNull", _isNull_doc))
    isNotNull = ignore_unicode_prefix(_unary_op("isNotNull", _isNotNull_doc))

    @since(1.3)
    def alias(self, *alias, **kwargs):
        """
        Returns this column aliased with a new name or names (in the case of expressions that
        return more than one column, such as explode).

        :param alias: strings of desired column names (collects all positional arguments passed)
        :param metadata: a dict of information to be stored in ``metadata`` attribute of the
            corresponding :class:`StructField <pyspark.sql.types.StructField>` (optional, keyword
            only argument)

        .. versionchanged:: 2.2
           Added optional ``metadata`` argument.

        >>> df.select(df.age.alias("age2")).collect()
        [Row(age2=2), Row(age2=5)]
        >>> df.select(df.age.alias("age3", metadata={'max': 99})).schema['age3'].metadata['max']
        99
        """

        metadata = kwargs.pop('metadata', None)
        assert not kwargs, 'Unexpected kwargs where passed: %s' % kwargs

        sc = SparkContext._active_spark_context
        if len(alias) == 1:
            if metadata:
                jmeta = sc._jvm.org.apache.spark.sql.types.Metadata.fromJson(
                    json.dumps(metadata))
                return Column(getattr(self._jc, "as")(alias[0], jmeta))
            else:
                return Column(getattr(self._jc, "as")(alias[0]))
        else:
            if metadata:
                raise ValueError(
                    'metadata can only be provided for a single column')
            return Column(getattr(self._jc, "as")(_to_seq(sc, list(alias))))

    name = copy_func(alias,
                     sinceversion=2.0,
                     doc=":func:`name` is an alias for :func:`alias`.")

    @ignore_unicode_prefix
    @since(1.3)
    def cast(self, dataType):
        """ Convert the column into type ``dataType``.

        >>> df.select(df.age.cast("string").alias('ages')).collect()
        [Row(ages=u'2'), Row(ages=u'5')]
        >>> df.select(df.age.cast(StringType()).alias('ages')).collect()
        [Row(ages=u'2'), Row(ages=u'5')]
        """
        if isinstance(dataType, basestring):
            jc = self._jc.cast(dataType)
        elif isinstance(dataType, DataType):
            from pyspark.sql import SparkSession
            spark = SparkSession.builder.getOrCreate()
            jdt = spark._jsparkSession.parseDataType(dataType.json())
            jc = self._jc.cast(jdt)
        else:
            raise TypeError("unexpected type: %s" % type(dataType))
        return Column(jc)

    astype = copy_func(cast,
                       sinceversion=1.4,
                       doc=":func:`astype` is an alias for :func:`cast`.")

    @since(1.3)
    def between(self, lowerBound, upperBound):
        """
        A boolean expression that is evaluated to true if the value of this
        expression is between the given columns.

        >>> df.select(df.name, df.age.between(2, 4)).show()
        +-----+---------------------------+
        | name|((age >= 2) AND (age <= 4))|
        +-----+---------------------------+
        |Alice|                       true|
        |  Bob|                      false|
        +-----+---------------------------+
        """
        return (self >= lowerBound) & (self <= upperBound)

    @since(1.4)
    def when(self, condition, value):
        """
        Evaluates a list of conditions and returns one of multiple possible result expressions.
        If :func:`Column.otherwise` is not invoked, None is returned for unmatched conditions.

        See :func:`pyspark.sql.functions.when` for example usage.

        :param condition: a boolean :class:`Column` expression.
        :param value: a literal value, or a :class:`Column` expression.

        >>> from pyspark.sql import functions as F
        >>> df.select(df.name, F.when(df.age > 4, 1).when(df.age < 3, -1).otherwise(0)).show()
        +-----+------------------------------------------------------------+
        | name|CASE WHEN (age > 4) THEN 1 WHEN (age < 3) THEN -1 ELSE 0 END|
        +-----+------------------------------------------------------------+
        |Alice|                                                          -1|
        |  Bob|                                                           1|
        +-----+------------------------------------------------------------+
        """
        if not isinstance(condition, Column):
            raise TypeError("condition should be a Column")
        v = value._jc if isinstance(value, Column) else value
        jc = self._jc.when(condition._jc, v)
        return Column(jc)

    @since(1.4)
    def otherwise(self, value):
        """
        Evaluates a list of conditions and returns one of multiple possible result expressions.
        If :func:`Column.otherwise` is not invoked, None is returned for unmatched conditions.

        See :func:`pyspark.sql.functions.when` for example usage.

        :param value: a literal value, or a :class:`Column` expression.

        >>> from pyspark.sql import functions as F
        >>> df.select(df.name, F.when(df.age > 3, 1).otherwise(0)).show()
        +-----+-------------------------------------+
        | name|CASE WHEN (age > 3) THEN 1 ELSE 0 END|
        +-----+-------------------------------------+
        |Alice|                                    0|
        |  Bob|                                    1|
        +-----+-------------------------------------+
        """
        v = value._jc if isinstance(value, Column) else value
        jc = self._jc.otherwise(v)
        return Column(jc)

    @since(1.4)
    def over(self, window):
        """
        Define a windowing column.

        :param window: a :class:`WindowSpec`
        :return: a Column

        >>> from pyspark.sql import Window
        >>> window = Window.partitionBy("name").orderBy("age") \
                .rowsBetween(Window.unboundedPreceding, Window.currentRow)
        >>> from pyspark.sql.functions import rank, min
        >>> from pyspark.sql.functions import desc
        >>> df.withColumn("rank", rank().over(window)) \
                .withColumn("min", min('age').over(window)).sort(desc("age")).show()
        +---+-----+----+---+
        |age| name|rank|min|
        +---+-----+----+---+
        |  5|  Bob|   1|  5|
        |  2|Alice|   1|  2|
        +---+-----+----+---+
        """
        from pyspark.sql.window import WindowSpec
        if not isinstance(window, WindowSpec):
            raise TypeError("window should be WindowSpec")
        jc = self._jc.over(window._jspec)
        return Column(jc)

    def __nonzero__(self):
        raise ValueError(
            "Cannot convert column into bool: please use '&' for 'and', '|' for 'or', "
            "'~' for 'not' when building DataFrame boolean expressions.")

    __bool__ = __nonzero__

    def __repr__(self):
        return 'Column<%s>' % self._jc.toString().encode('utf8')
Example #2
0
class Column(object):
    """
    A column in a DataFrame.

    :class:`Column` instances can be created by::

        # 1. Select a column out of a DataFrame

        df.colName
        df["colName"]

        # 2. Create from an expression
        df.colName + 1
        1 / df.colName

    .. versionadded:: 1.3
    """
    def __init__(self, jc):
        self._jc = jc

    # arithmetic operators
    __neg__ = _func_op("negate")
    __add__ = _bin_op("plus")
    __sub__ = _bin_op("minus")
    __mul__ = _bin_op("multiply")
    __div__ = _bin_op("divide")
    __truediv__ = _bin_op("divide")
    __mod__ = _bin_op("mod")
    __radd__ = _bin_op("plus")
    __rsub__ = _reverse_op("minus")
    __rmul__ = _bin_op("multiply")
    __rdiv__ = _reverse_op("divide")
    __rtruediv__ = _reverse_op("divide")
    __rmod__ = _reverse_op("mod")
    __pow__ = _bin_func_op("pow")
    __rpow__ = _bin_func_op("pow", reverse=True)

    # logistic operators
    __eq__ = _bin_op("equalTo")
    __ne__ = _bin_op("notEqual")
    __lt__ = _bin_op("lt")
    __le__ = _bin_op("leq")
    __ge__ = _bin_op("geq")
    __gt__ = _bin_op("gt")

    # `and`, `or`, `not` cannot be overloaded in Python,
    # so use bitwise operators as boolean operators
    __and__ = _bin_op('and')
    __or__ = _bin_op('or')
    __invert__ = _func_op('not')
    __rand__ = _bin_op("and")
    __ror__ = _bin_op("or")

    # container operators
    def __contains__(self, item):
        raise ValueError(
            "Cannot apply 'in' operator against a column: please use 'contains' "
            "in a string column or 'array_contains' function for an array column."
        )

    # bitwise operators
    bitwiseOR = _bin_op("bitwiseOR")
    bitwiseAND = _bin_op("bitwiseAND")
    bitwiseXOR = _bin_op("bitwiseXOR")

    @since(1.3)
    def getItem(self, key):
        """
        An expression that gets an item at position ``ordinal`` out of a list,
        or gets an item by key out of a dict.

        >>> df = sc.parallelize([([1, 2], {"key": "value"})]).toDF(["l", "d"])
        >>> df.select(df.l.getItem(0), df.d.getItem("key")).show()
        +----+------+
        |l[0]|d[key]|
        +----+------+
        |   1| value|
        +----+------+
        >>> df.select(df.l[0], df.d["key"]).show()
        +----+------+
        |l[0]|d[key]|
        +----+------+
        |   1| value|
        +----+------+
        """
        return self[key]

    @since(1.3)
    def getField(self, name):
        """
        An expression that gets a field by name in a StructField.

        >>> from pyspark.sql import Row
        >>> df = sc.parallelize([Row(r=Row(a=1, b="b"))]).toDF()
        >>> df.select(df.r.getField("b")).show()
        +---+
        |r.b|
        +---+
        |  b|
        +---+
        >>> df.select(df.r.a).show()
        +---+
        |r.a|
        +---+
        |  1|
        +---+
        """
        return self[name]

    def __getattr__(self, item):
        if item.startswith("__"):
            raise AttributeError(item)
        return self.getField(item)

    def __getitem__(self, k):
        if isinstance(k, slice):
            if k.step is not None:
                raise ValueError("slice with step is not supported.")
            return self.substr(k.start, k.stop)
        else:
            return _bin_op("apply")(self, k)

    def __iter__(self):
        raise TypeError("Column is not iterable")

    # string methods
    _rlike_doc = """
    Return a Boolean :class:`Column` based on a regex match.

    :param other: an extended regex expression

    >>> df.filter(df.name.rlike('ice$')).collect()
    [Row(age=2, name=u'Alice')]
    """
    _like_doc = """
    Return a Boolean :class:`Column` based on a SQL LIKE match.

    :param other: a SQL LIKE pattern

    See :func:`rlike` for a regex version

    >>> df.filter(df.name.like('Al%')).collect()
    [Row(age=2, name=u'Alice')]
    """
    _startswith_doc = """
    Return a Boolean :class:`Column` based on a string match.

    :param other: string at end of line (do not use a regex `^`)

    >>> df.filter(df.name.startswith('Al')).collect()
    [Row(age=2, name=u'Alice')]
    >>> df.filter(df.name.startswith('^Al')).collect()
    []
    """
    _endswith_doc = """
    Return a Boolean :class:`Column` based on matching end of string.

    :param other: string at end of line (do not use a regex `$`)

    >>> df.filter(df.name.endswith('ice')).collect()
    [Row(age=2, name=u'Alice')]
    >>> df.filter(df.name.endswith('ice$')).collect()
    []
    """

    contains = _bin_op("contains")
    rlike = ignore_unicode_prefix(_bin_op("rlike", _rlike_doc))
    like = ignore_unicode_prefix(_bin_op("like", _like_doc))
    startswith = ignore_unicode_prefix(_bin_op("startsWith", _startswith_doc))
    endswith = ignore_unicode_prefix(_bin_op("endsWith", _endswith_doc))

    @ignore_unicode_prefix
    @since(1.3)
    def substr(self, startPos, length):
        """
        Return a :class:`Column` which is a substring of the column.

        :param startPos: start position (int or Column)
        :param length:  length of the substring (int or Column)

        >>> df.select(df.name.substr(1, 3).alias("col")).collect()
        [Row(col=u'Ali'), Row(col=u'Bob')]
        """
        if type(startPos) != type(length):
            raise TypeError("Can not mix the type")
        if isinstance(startPos, (int, long)):
            jc = self._jc.substr(startPos, length)
        elif isinstance(startPos, Column):
            jc = self._jc.substr(startPos._jc, length._jc)
        else:
            raise TypeError("Unexpected type: %s" % type(startPos))
        return Column(jc)

    @ignore_unicode_prefix
    @since(1.5)
    def isin(self, *cols):
        """
        A boolean expression that is evaluated to true if the value of this
        expression is contained by the evaluated values of the arguments.

        >>> df[df.name.isin("Bob", "Mike")].collect()
        [Row(age=5, name=u'Bob')]
        >>> df[df.age.isin([1, 2, 3])].collect()
        [Row(age=2, name=u'Alice')]
        """
        if len(cols) == 1 and isinstance(cols[0], (list, set)):
            cols = cols[0]
        cols = [
            c._jc if isinstance(c, Column) else _create_column_from_literal(c)
            for c in cols
        ]
        sc = SparkContext._active_spark_context
        jc = getattr(self._jc, "isin")(_to_seq(sc, cols))
        return Column(jc)

    # order
    asc = _unary_op(
        "asc", "Returns a sort expression based on the"
        " ascending order of the given column name.")
    desc = _unary_op(
        "desc", "Returns a sort expression based on the"
        " descending order of the given column name.")

    _isNull_doc = """
    True if the current expression is null. Often combined with
    :func:`DataFrame.filter` to select rows with null values.

    >>> from pyspark.sql import Row
    >>> df2 = sc.parallelize([Row(name=u'Tom', height=80), Row(name=u'Alice', height=None)]).toDF()
    >>> df2.filter(df2.height.isNull()).collect()
    [Row(height=None, name=u'Alice')]
    """
    _isNotNull_doc = """
    True if the current expression is null. Often combined with
    :func:`DataFrame.filter` to select rows with non-null values.

    >>> from pyspark.sql import Row
    >>> df2 = sc.parallelize([Row(name=u'Tom', height=80), Row(name=u'Alice', height=None)]).toDF()
    >>> df2.filter(df2.height.isNotNull()).collect()
    [Row(height=80, name=u'Tom')]
    """

    isNull = ignore_unicode_prefix(_unary_op("isNull", _isNull_doc))
    isNotNull = ignore_unicode_prefix(_unary_op("isNotNull", _isNotNull_doc))

    @since(1.3)
    def alias(self, *alias, **kwargs):
        """
        Returns this column aliased with a new name or names (in the case of expressions that
        return more than one column, such as explode).

        :param alias: strings of desired column names (collects all positional arguments passed)
        :param metadata: a dict of information to be stored in ``metadata`` attribute of the
            corresponding :class: `StructField` (optional, keyword only argument)

        .. versionchanged:: 2.2
           Added optional ``metadata`` argument.

        >>> df.select(df.age.alias("age2")).collect()
        [Row(age2=2), Row(age2=5)]
        >>> df.select(df.age.alias("age3", metadata={'max': 99})).schema['age3'].metadata['max']
        99
        """

        metadata = kwargs.pop('metadata', None)
        assert not kwargs, 'Unexpected kwargs where passed: %s' % kwargs

        sc = SparkContext._active_spark_context
        if len(alias) == 1:
            if metadata:
                jmeta = sc._jvm.org.apache.spark.sql.types.Metadata.fromJson(
                    json.dumps(metadata))
                return Column(getattr(self._jc, "as")(alias[0], jmeta))
            else:
                return Column(getattr(self._jc, "as")(alias[0]))
        else:
            if metadata:
                raise ValueError(
                    'metadata can only be provided for a single column')
            return Column(getattr(self._jc, "as")(_to_seq(sc, list(alias))))

    name = copy_func(alias,
                     sinceversion=2.0,
                     doc=":func:`name` is an alias for :func:`alias`.")

    @ignore_unicode_prefix
    @since(1.3)
    def cast(self, dataType):
        """ Convert the column into type ``dataType``.

        >>> df.select(df.age.cast("string").alias('ages')).collect()
        [Row(ages=u'2'), Row(ages=u'5')]
        >>> df.select(df.age.cast(StringType()).alias('ages')).collect()
        [Row(ages=u'2'), Row(ages=u'5')]
        """
        if isinstance(dataType, basestring):
            jc = self._jc.cast(dataType)
        elif isinstance(dataType, DataType):
            from pyspark.sql import SparkSession
            spark = SparkSession.builder.getOrCreate()
            jdt = spark._jsparkSession.parseDataType(dataType.json())
            jc = self._jc.cast(jdt)
        else:
            raise TypeError("unexpected type: %s" % type(dataType))
        return Column(jc)

    astype = copy_func(cast,
                       sinceversion=1.4,
                       doc=":func:`astype` is an alias for :func:`cast`.")

    @since(1.3)
    def between(self, lowerBound, upperBound):
        """
        A boolean expression that is evaluated to true if the value of this
        expression is between the given columns.

        >>> df.select(df.name, df.age.between(2, 4)).show()
        +-----+---------------------------+
        | name|((age >= 2) AND (age <= 4))|
        +-----+---------------------------+
        |Alice|                       true|
        |  Bob|                      false|
        +-----+---------------------------+
        """
        return (self >= lowerBound) & (self <= upperBound)

    @since(1.4)
    def when(self, condition, value):
        """
        Evaluates a list of conditions and returns one of multiple possible result expressions.
        If :func:`Column.otherwise` is not invoked, None is returned for unmatched conditions.

        See :func:`pyspark.sql.functions.when` for example usage.

        :param condition: a boolean :class:`Column` expression.
        :param value: a literal value, or a :class:`Column` expression.

        >>> from pyspark.sql import functions as F
        >>> df.select(df.name, F.when(df.age > 4, 1).when(df.age < 3, -1).otherwise(0)).show()
        +-----+------------------------------------------------------------+
        | name|CASE WHEN (age > 4) THEN 1 WHEN (age < 3) THEN -1 ELSE 0 END|
        +-----+------------------------------------------------------------+
        |Alice|                                                          -1|
        |  Bob|                                                           1|
        +-----+------------------------------------------------------------+
        """
        if not isinstance(condition, Column):
            raise TypeError("condition should be a Column")
        v = value._jc if isinstance(value, Column) else value
        jc = self._jc.when(condition._jc, v)
        return Column(jc)

    @since(1.4)
    def otherwise(self, value):
        """
        Evaluates a list of conditions and returns one of multiple possible result expressions.
        If :func:`Column.otherwise` is not invoked, None is returned for unmatched conditions.

        See :func:`pyspark.sql.functions.when` for example usage.

        :param value: a literal value, or a :class:`Column` expression.

        >>> from pyspark.sql import functions as F
        >>> df.select(df.name, F.when(df.age > 3, 1).otherwise(0)).show()
        +-----+-------------------------------------+
        | name|CASE WHEN (age > 3) THEN 1 ELSE 0 END|
        +-----+-------------------------------------+
        |Alice|                                    0|
        |  Bob|                                    1|
        +-----+-------------------------------------+
        """
        v = value._jc if isinstance(value, Column) else value
        jc = self._jc.otherwise(v)
        return Column(jc)

    @since(1.4)
    def over(self, window):
        """
        Define a windowing column.

        :param window: a :class:`WindowSpec`
        :return: a Column

        >>> from pyspark.sql import Window
        >>> window = Window.partitionBy("name").orderBy("age").rowsBetween(-1, 1)
        >>> from pyspark.sql.functions import rank, min
        >>> # df.select(rank().over(window), min('age').over(window))
        """
        from pyspark.sql.window import WindowSpec
        if not isinstance(window, WindowSpec):
            raise TypeError("window should be WindowSpec")
        jc = self._jc.over(window._jspec)
        return Column(jc)

    def __nonzero__(self):
        raise ValueError(
            "Cannot convert column into bool: please use '&' for 'and', '|' for 'or', "
            "'~' for 'not' when building DataFrame boolean expressions.")

    __bool__ = __nonzero__

    def __repr__(self):
        return 'Column<%s>' % self._jc.toString().encode('utf8')