input_file_block_length

Returns the length of the block being read, or -1 if not available.

Syntax

from pyspark.sql import functions as sf

sf.input_file_block_length()

Examples

Example 1: Get input file block length

from pyspark.sql import functions as sf
df = spark.read.text("python/test_support/sql/ages_newlines.csv", lineSep=",")
df.select(sf.input_file_block_length()).show()

+-------------------------+
|input_file_block_length()|
+-------------------------+
|                       87|
|                       87|
|                       87|
|                       87|
|                       87|
|                       87|
|                       87|
|                       87|
+-------------------------+