Hi Nicholas, The RDD contains only one Iterable[Int].
Pankaj, I used *collect* and I am getting as *items: Array[Iterable[Int]].* Then I did like : *val check = items.take(1).contains(item)* I am getting *check: Boolean = false, *but the item is present. Thanks Amit On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Pankaj <pankajnaran...@gmail.com> wrote: > Amit, I think you can use collect method to change RDD to Array so you can > use array methods for the same. > > I think transformation functions would not allow to do that as they are > lazily called you need to use Actions LIke collect or foreach method > > On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 1:54 AM, Amit Behera <amit.bd...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> I want to check an item is present or not in a RDD of Iterable[Int] using >> scala >> >> something like in java we do : >> >> *list.contains(item)* >> >> and the statement returns true if the item is present otherwise false. >> >> Please help me to find the solution. >> >> Thanks >> Amit >> >> >