Column.Cast(String) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.Spark.Sql

Assembly:: Microsoft.Spark.dll

Package:: Microsoft.Spark v1.0.0

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Casts the column to a different data type, using the canonical string representation of the type.

public Microsoft.Spark.Sql.Column Cast (string to);

member this.Cast : string -> Microsoft.Spark.Sql.Column

Public Function Cast (to As String) As Column

Parameters

to: String

String version of datatype

Returns

Column

Column object

Remarks

The supported types are: `string`, `boolean`, `byte`, `short`, `int`, `long`, `float`, `double`, `decimal`, `date`, `timestamp`.

Applies to