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variance

Alias for var_samp

Syntax

from pyspark.sql import functions as sf

sf.variance(col)

Parameters

Parameter Type Description
col pyspark.sql.Column or column name Target column to compute on.

Returns

pyspark.sql.Column: variance of given column.

Examples

from pyspark.sql import functions as sf
df = spark.range(6)
df.select(sf.variance(df.id)).show()
+------------+
|variance(id)|
+------------+
|         3.5|
+------------+