contains

Returns a boolean. The value is True if right is found inside left. Returns NULL if either input expression is NULL. Otherwise, returns False. Both left or right must be of STRING or BINARY type.

For the corresponding Databricks SQL function, see contains function.

Syntax

from pyspark.sql import functions as dbf

dbf.contains(left=<left>, right=<right>)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
left	pyspark.sql.Column or str	The input column or strings to check, may be NULL.
right	pyspark.sql.Column or str	The input column or strings to find, may be NULL.

Examples

df = spark.createDataFrame([("Spark SQL", "Spark")], ['a', 'b'])
df.select(contains(df.a, df.b).alias('r')).collect()

[Row(r=True)]

df = spark.createDataFrame([("414243", "4243",)], ["c", "d"])
df = df.select(to_binary("c").alias("c"), to_binary("d").alias("d"))
df.printSchema()
df.select(contains("c", "d"), contains("d", "c")).show()

+--------------+--------------+
|contains(c, d)|contains(d, c)|
+--------------+--------------+
|          true|         false|
+--------------+--------------+