Pyspark CSV Incorrect Count

[TariqueAnwer]

B1123451020-502,"","{""m"": {""difference"": 60}}","","","",2022-02-12T15:40:00.783Z
B1456741975-266,"","{""m"": {""difference"": 60}}","","","",2022-02-04T17:03:59.566Z
B1789753479-460,"","",",","","",2022-02-18T14:46:57.332Z
B1456741977-123,"","{""m"": {""difference"": 60}}","","","",2022-02-04T17:03:59.566Z

df_inputfile = (spark.read.format("com.databricks.spark.csv")
                                     .option("inferSchema", "true")
                                     .option("header","false")                
                                     .option("quotedstring",'\"')
                                     .option("escape",'\"')
                                     .option("multiline","true")
                                     .option("delimiter",",")
                                     .load('<path to csv>'))
 
print(df_inputfile.count()) # Prints 3
print(df_inputfile.distinct().count()) # Prints 4

I'm trying to read the data above from a CSV file and end up with a wrong count, although the dataframe contains all the expected records. df_inputfile.count() prints 3 although it should have been 4.

It looks like this is happening because of the single comma in the 4th column of the 3rd row. Can someone please explain why?

[Debayan]

Hi, Could you please check the syntax? '\"' ?

[TariqueAnwer]

Hi Debayan, there's no syntax error in the code snippet. Using .option("escape",'"') makes no difference to the counts. I still get wrong counts.

[Kaniz]

Hi @Tarique Anwer​  , We haven’t heard from you on the last response from @Debayan Mukherjee​ and I was checking back to see if his suggestions helped you.

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[TariqueAnwer]

Hi @Kaniz Fatma​ Unfortunately, the suggestion hasn't helped and I've not been able to figure out the reason for the strange results so far.

[Anonymous]

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