Github user HyukjinKwon commented on a diff in the pull request:

    https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/17865#discussion_r121861095
  
    --- Diff: python/pyspark/sql/functions.py ---
    @@ -1254,23 +1294,41 @@ def hash(*cols):
     
     # ---------------------- String/Binary functions 
------------------------------
     
    +_lower_doc = """
    +    Converts a string column to lower case.
    +
    +    >>> df.select(lower(df.name) ).collect()
    +    [Row(lower(name)=u'alice'), Row(lower(name)=u'bob')]
    +    """
    +_upper_doc = """
    +    Converts a string column to upper case.
    +
    +    >>> df.select(upper(df.name) ).collect()
    +    [Row(upper(name)=u'ALICE'), Row(upper(name)=u'BOB')]
    +    """
    +_reverse_doc = """
    +    Reverses the string column and returns it as a new string column.
    +
    +    >>> df.select(reverse(df.name) ).collect()
    +    [Row(reverse(name)=u'ecilA'), Row(reverse(name)=u'boB')]
    +    """
     _string_functions = {
         'ascii': 'Computes the numeric value of the first character of the 
string column.',
         'base64': 'Computes the BASE64 encoding of a binary column and returns 
it as a string column.',
         'unbase64': 'Decodes a BASE64 encoded string column and returns it as 
a binary column.',
         'initcap': 'Returns a new string column by converting the first letter 
of each word to ' +
                    'uppercase. Words are delimited by whitespace.',
    -    'lower': 'Converts a string column to lower case.',
    -    'upper': 'Converts a string column to upper case.',
    -    'reverse': 'Reverses the string column and returns it as a new string 
column.',
    +    'lower': _lower_doc,
    +    'upper': _upper_doc,
    +    'reverse': _reverse_doc,
         'ltrim': 'Trim the spaces from left end for the specified string 
value.',
         'rtrim': 'Trim the spaces from right end for the specified string 
value.',
         'trim': 'Trim the spaces from both ends for the specified string 
column.',
     }
     
     
     for _name, _doc in _string_functions.items():
    -    globals()[_name] = since(1.5)(_create_function(_name, _doc))
    +    globals()[_name] = 
since(1.5)(ignore_unicode_prefix(_create_function(_name, _doc)))
    --- End diff --
    
    In that way, we should add all examples for each function here. I am not 
too sure if we need them all for now. At least per - 
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-17963?focusedCommentId=15581022&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-15581022.


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