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PYSPARK โ€ข LESSON 16

DataFrame Dimensions & Structure Inspection

How do we compute total row volume and column count in a distributed DataFrame?

Beginnerโฑ 2 Minutesโญ 175 XP
๐Ÿค” THE QUESTION

How do we compute total row volume and column count in a distributed DataFrame?

๐Ÿ’ก WHAT IS IT?

Combining the count() distributed action with the len(df.columns) metadata property to audit table dimensions.

๐ŸŽฏ WHAT IS IT USED FOR?

Validating data completeness after ingestion and logging pipeline metrics before downstream publishing.

๐Ÿ’ป EXAMPLE
total_rows = df.count()
total_cols = len(df.columns)
print(f"Rows: {total_rows}, Columns: {total_cols}")

๐ŸŽฏ Mission Objectives

Practice typing production-grade PySpark code for DataFrame Dimensions & Structure Inspection.

  • โœ“ Execute distributed count() action
  • โœ“ Calculate column count with len(df.columns)
  • โœ“ Format and log dataset dimension metrics