zhengruifeng commented on code in PR #38858:
URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/38858#discussion_r1036702656


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python/pyspark/sql/connect/functions.py:
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@@ -16,14 +16,247 @@
 #
 from pyspark.sql.connect.column import Column, LiteralExpression, 
ColumnReference
 
-from typing import Any
+from typing import Any, TYPE_CHECKING
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from pyspark.sql.connect._typing import ColumnOrName
 
 # TODO(SPARK-40538) Add support for the missing PySpark functions.
 
 
+def _to_col(col: "ColumnOrName") -> Column:
+    return col if isinstance(col, Column) else column(col)
+
+
 def col(x: str) -> Column:
     return Column(ColumnReference(x))
 
 
+column = col
+
+
 def lit(x: Any) -> Column:
     return Column(LiteralExpression(x))
+
+
+def asc(col: "ColumnOrName") -> Column:
+    """
+    Returns a sort expression based on the ascending order of the given column 
name.
+
+    .. versionadded:: 3.4.0
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    col : :class:`~pyspark.sql.Column` or str
+        target column to sort by in the ascending order.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    :class:`~pyspark.sql.Column`
+        the column specifying the order.
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    Sort by the column 'id' in the descending order.
+
+    >>> df = spark.range(5)
+    >>> df = df.sort(desc("id"))
+    >>> df.show()
+    +---+
+    | id|
+    +---+
+    |  4|
+    |  3|
+    |  2|
+    |  1|
+    |  0|
+    +---+
+
+    Sort by the column 'id' in the ascending order.
+
+    >>> df.orderBy(asc("id")).show()
+    +---+
+    | id|
+    +---+
+    |  0|
+    |  1|
+    |  2|
+    |  3|
+    |  4|
+    +---+
+    """
+    return _to_col(col).asc()
+
+
+def asc_nulls_first(col: "ColumnOrName") -> Column:
+    """
+    Returns a sort expression based on the ascending order of the given
+    column name, and null values return before non-null values.
+
+    .. versionadded:: 2.4.0
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    col : :class:`~pyspark.sql.Column` or str
+        target column to sort by in the ascending order.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    :class:`~pyspark.sql.Column`
+        the column specifying the order.
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    >>> df1 = spark.createDataFrame([(1, "Bob"),
+    ...                              (0, None),
+    ...                              (2, "Alice")], ["age", "name"])
+    >>> df1.sort(asc_nulls_first(df1.name)).show()
+    +---+-----+
+    |age| name|
+    +---+-----+
+    |  0| null|
+    |  2|Alice|
+    |  1|  Bob|
+    +---+-----+
+
+    """
+    return _to_col(col).asc_nulls_first()
+
+
+def asc_nulls_last(col: "ColumnOrName") -> Column:
+    """
+    Returns a sort expression based on the ascending order of the given
+    column name, and null values appear after non-null values.
+
+    .. versionadded:: 2.4.0

Review Comment:
   nice. will update.  I not sure whether we can set a top level `versionadded`



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