If the first partition doesn't have enough records, then it may not
drop enough lines. Try
rddData.zipWithIndex().filter(_._2 >= 10L).map(_._1)
It might trigger a job.
Best,
Xiangrui
On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 9:46 AM, DB Tsai <dbt...@stanford.edu> wrote:
> Hi Chengi,
>
> If you just want to skip first n lines in RDD, you can do
>
> rddData.mapPartitionsWithIndex((partitionIdx: Int, lines: Iterator[String])
> => {
> if (partitionIdx == 0) {
> lines.drop(n)
> }
> lines
> }
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> DB Tsai
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>
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 9:18 AM, Chengi Liu <chengi.liu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> What is the easiest way to skip first n lines in rdd??
>> I am not able to figure this one out?
>> Thanks
>
>
