pyspark.sql.Column.like#

Column.like(other)[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

pyspark.sql.Column.rlike

Examples

>>> df = spark.createDataFrame(
...      [(2, "Alice"), (5, "Bob")], ["age", "name"])
>>> df.filter(df.name.like('Al%')).collect()
[Row(age=2, name='Alice')]