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PYSPARK โ€ข LESSON 10

Inspect Column Names

How can we programmatically retrieve the list of column names in a DataFrame?

Beginnerโฑ 2 Minutesโญ 135 XP
๐Ÿค” THE QUESTION

How can we programmatically retrieve the list of column names in a DataFrame?

๐Ÿ’ก WHAT IS IT?

The .columns property returns a Python list containing all column header names in order.

๐ŸŽฏ WHAT IS IT USED FOR?

Schema validation, dynamic column loops, and verifying expected headers before running pipeline stages.

๐Ÿ’ป EXAMPLE
print(df.columns)

๐ŸŽฏ Mission Objectives

Practice typing production-grade PySpark code for Inspect Column Names.

  • โœ“ Access the .columns attribute
  • โœ“ Inspect schema header list
  • โœ“ Enable automated column validation