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Show all distinct values per column in dataframe Problem Statement:I want to see all the distinct values per column for my entire table, but a SQL que...

Artem_Yevtushen
New Contributor III

Show all distinct values per column in dataframe

Problem Statement:

I want to see all the distinct values per column for my entire table, but a SQL query with a collect_set() on every column is not dynamic and too long to write.

Use this code to show the output below:

%python
 
from pyspark.sql.functions import col, collect_set
 
distincts = df.agg(*(collect_set(col(c)).alias(c) for c in df.columns))
distincts.display()

collect set table

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Anonymous
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@Artem Yevtushenko​ - This is great! Thank you for sharing!

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