st_geometrytype

Important

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Returns the type of the input Geography or Geometry value as a string.

For the corresponding Databricks SQL function, see st_geometrytype function.

Syntax

from pyspark.databricks.sql import functions as dbf

dbf.st_geometrytype(col=<col>)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
col	pyspark.sql.Column or str	A Geography or Geometry value.

Examples

from pyspark.databricks.sql import functions as dbf
df = spark.createDataFrame([('POINT(4 5)',)], ['wkt'])
df.select(dbf.st_geometrytype(dbf.st_geomfromtext('wkt')).alias('result')).collect()

[Row(result='ST_Point')]