https://spark.apache.org/docs/3.3.0/api/sql/index.html#replace <https://spark.apache.org/docs/3.3.0/api/sql/index.html#replace>
This was added in Spark 2.3.0 as far as I can tell. https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/18047 <https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/18047> > On Oct 2, 2022, at 11:19 AM, Khalid Mammadov <khalidmammad...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi, > > As you know there's no string "replace" function inside pyspark.sql.functions > for PySpark nor in org.apache.sql.functions for Scala/Java and was wondering > why is that so? And I know there's regexp_replace instead and na.replace or > SQL with expr. > > I think it's one of the fundamental functions in users/developers toolset and > available almost in every language. It takes time for new Spark devs to > realise it's not there and to use alternative ones. So, I think it would be > nice to have one. > I had already got a prototype for Scala (which is just a sugar over > regexp_replace) and works like a charm:) > > Would like to know your opinion to contribute or not needed... > > Thanks > Khalid >
