orderBy()
and sort()
commands in Spark are used to sort the rows of a DataFrame based on one or more columns. Both commands are interchangeable and can be used to achieve the same result. Sorting is essential for organizing data in a specific order, such as ascending or descending, for analysis or reporting.
orderBy() is a method of the DataFrame class.
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(ascending).sort()
Instead of orderBy()
orderBy()
or sort()
judiciously on large datasets, as it involves shuffling and sorting.repartition()
or coalesce()
to optimize performance when working with large datasets.orderBy()
and sort()
commands are used to sort the rows of a DataFrame based on one or more columns.ORDER BY
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