Creating Nested Structures with struct()

How do we group multiple related columns (street, city, zipcode) into a single nested address struct?

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🤔 THE QUESTION

How do we group multiple related columns (street, city, zipcode) into a single nested address struct?

💡 WHAT IS IT?

struct() bundles multiple column expressions into a composite StructType column.

🎯 WHAT IS IT USED FOR?

Organizing hierarchical data models, preparing nested JSON payloads, and clean domain boundaries.

💻 EXAMPLE

from pyspark.sql.functions import col, struct

df = df.withColumn("address", struct(col("street"), col("city"), col("zipcode")))

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