range (SparkSession)

Creates a DataFrame with a single LongType column named id, containing elements in a range from start to end (exclusive) with step value step.

Syntax

range(start, end=None, step=1, numPartitions=None)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
start	int	The start value.
end	int, optional	The end value (exclusive). If omitted, start is used as the end value and the range begins at 0.
step	int, optional	The incremental step (default: 1).
numPartitions	int, optional	The number of partitions of the DataFrame.

Returns

DataFrame

Examples

spark.range(1, 7, 2).show()
# +---+
# | id|
# +---+
# |  1|
# |  3|
# |  5|
# +---+

# If only one argument is specified, it is used as the end value.
spark.range(3).show()
# +---+
# | id|
# +---+
# |  0|
# |  1|
# |  2|
# +---+