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PYSPARK โ€ข LESSON 37

Logical OR Filter Conditions

How do we match records that meet at least one of multiple status criteria?

Beginnerโฑ 2 Minutesโญ 195 XP
๐Ÿค” THE QUESTION

How do we match records that meet at least one of multiple status criteria?

๐Ÿ’ก WHAT IS IT?

Using the bitwise | operator between parenthesized boolean conditions to enforce logical OR.

๐ŸŽฏ WHAT IS IT USED FOR?

Monitoring pending or processing orders in fulfillment queues and alert dispatch systems.

๐Ÿ’ป EXAMPLE
from pyspark.sql.functions import col

df.filter(
    (col("status") == "PENDING") |
    (col("status") == "PROCESSING")
).show()

๐ŸŽฏ Mission Objectives

Practice typing production-grade PySpark code for Logical OR Filter Conditions.

  • โœ“ Combine conditions with | operator
  • โœ“ Enforce logical OR predicate
  • โœ“ Filter active queue statuses