Functions.Rand Method

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Definition

Namespace:
Microsoft.Spark.Sql
Assembly:
Microsoft.Spark.dll
Package:
Microsoft.Spark v1.0.0

Overloads

Rand()

Generate a random column with independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.) samples from U[0.0, 1.0].
Rand(Int64)

Generate a random column with independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.) samples from U[0.0, 1.0].

Rand()

Generate a random column with independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.) samples from U[0.0, 1.0].

public static Microsoft.Spark.Sql.Column Rand ();
static member Rand : unit -> Microsoft.Spark.Sql.Column
Public Shared Function Rand () As Column

Returns

Column

Column object

Applies to

Rand(Int64)

Generate a random column with independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.) samples from U[0.0, 1.0].

public static Microsoft.Spark.Sql.Column Rand (long seed);
static member Rand : int64 -> Microsoft.Spark.Sql.Column
Public Shared Function Rand (seed As Long) As Column

Parameters

seed
Int64

Random seed

Returns

Column

Column object

Remarks

This is non-deterministic when data partitions are not fixed.

Applies to