vector_sum

Aggregate function: returns the element-wise sum of float vectors in a group. All vectors must have the same dimension.

For the corresponding Databricks SQL function, see vector_sum aggregate function.

Syntax

from pyspark.sql import functions as dbf

dbf.vector_sum(col=<col>)

Parameters

Parameter Type Description
col pyspark.sql.Column or column name Input vector column.

Returns

pyspark.sql.Column: The element-wise sum vector as an array of floats.

Examples

from pyspark.sql import functions as dbf
from pyspark.sql.types import ArrayType, FloatType, StructType, StructField

schema = StructType([StructField('v', ArrayType(FloatType()))])
df = spark.createDataFrame([([1.0, 2.0],), ([3.0, 4.0],)], schema)
df.select(dbf.vector_sum('v')).first()[0]
# [4.0, 6.0]