pyspark.sql.functions.schema_of_csv

pyspark.sql.functions.schema_of_csv(csv: ColumnOrName, options: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None) → pyspark.sql.column.Column

Parses a CSV string and infers its schema in DDL format.

Parameters

csvColumn or str

a CSV string or a foldable string column containing a CSV string.

optionsdict, optional

options to control parsing. accepts the same options as the CSV datasource. See Data Source Option in the version you use.

Examples

>>> df = spark.range(1)
>>> df.select(schema_of_csv(lit('1|a'), {'sep':'|'}).alias("csv")).collect()
[Row(csv='STRUCT<_c0: INT, _c1: STRING>')]
>>> df.select(schema_of_csv('1|a', {'sep':'|'}).alias("csv")).collect()
[Row(csv='STRUCT<_c0: INT, _c1: STRING>')]

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