range

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

Syntax

spark.tvf.range(start, end=None, step=1, numPartitions=None)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
start	int	The start value.
end	int, optional	The end value (exclusive).
step	int, optional	The incremental step (default: 1).
numPartitions	int, optional	The number of partitions of the DataFrame.

Examples

Example 1: Generate range with start, end, and step

spark.tvf.range(1, 7, 2).show()

+---+
| id|
+---+
|  1|
|  3|
|  5|
+---+

Example 2: Generate range with only end value

spark.tvf.range(3).show()

+---+
| id|
+---+
|  0|
|  1|
|  2|
+---+