HyukjinKwon commented on a change in pull request #32365: URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/32365#discussion_r660245915
########## File path: sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/Column.scala ########## @@ -1190,6 +1190,22 @@ class Column(val expr: Expression) extends Logging { */ def cast(to: String): Column = cast(CatalystSqlParser.parseDataType(to)) + /** + * Casts the column to a pretty string. + * {{{ + * // Casts colA to pretty string. + * df.select(df("colA").toPrettyString()) + * }}} + * + * @group expr_ops + * @since 3.2.0 + */ + def toPrettyString: Column = withExpr { Review comment: Why do we need this API? -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: reviews-unsubscr...@spark.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: reviews-unsubscr...@spark.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: reviews-h...@spark.apache.org