try_to_binary

This is a special version of to_binary that performs the same operation, but returns a NULL value instead of raising an error if the conversion cannot be performed.

For the corresponding Databricks SQL function, see try_to_binary function.

Syntax

from pyspark.databricks.sql import functions as dbf

dbf.try_to_binary(col=<col>, format=<format>)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
col	pyspark.sql.Column or str	Input column or strings.
format	pyspark.sql.Column or str, optional	format to use to convert binary values.

Examples

from pyspark.databricks.sql import functions as dbf
df = spark.createDataFrame([("abc",)], ["e"])
df.select(dbf.try_to_binary(df.e, dbf.lit("utf-8")).alias('r')).collect()

from pyspark.databricks.sql import functions as dbf
df = spark.createDataFrame([("414243",)], ["e"])
df.select(dbf.try_to_binary(df.e).alias('r')).collect()