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PYSPARK โ€ข LESSON 39

Set Inclusion with isin()

How do we efficiently filter rows matching a specific list of target geographic states?

Beginnerโฑ 2 Minutesโญ 210 XP
๐Ÿค” THE QUESTION

How do we efficiently filter rows matching a specific list of target geographic states?

๐Ÿ’ก WHAT IS IT?

isin() evaluates whether a column's value matches any element in an arbitrary list or tuple.

๐ŸŽฏ WHAT IS IT USED FOR?

Regional sales territory routing, category whitelisting, and multi-state compliance filters.

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

df.filter(col("state").isin("NY", "CA", "TX")).show()

๐ŸŽฏ Mission Objectives

Practice typing production-grade PySpark code for Set Inclusion with isin().

  • โœ“ Use isin() method on Column
  • โœ“ Pass multiple target values
  • โœ“ Filter key commercial states