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PYSPARK โ€ข LESSON 43

Arithmetic Column Subtraction

How do we calculate net transaction amount after subtracting promotional discounts?

Intermediateโฑ 2 Minutesโญ 270 XP
๐Ÿค” THE QUESTION

How do we calculate net transaction amount after subtracting promotional discounts?

๐Ÿ’ก WHAT IS IT?

Performing element-wise arithmetic subtraction between two numeric columns using Column operators.

๐ŸŽฏ WHAT IS IT USED FOR?

Revenue reconciliation, invoice processing, and financial balance sheet calculations.

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

df = df.withColumn("net_amount", col("gross_amount") - col("discount"))

๐ŸŽฏ Mission Objectives

Practice typing production-grade PySpark code for Arithmetic Column Subtraction.

  • โœ“ Subtract numeric Column values
  • โœ“ Store result in new column
  • โœ“ Calculate net financial totals