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<h1>pyspark.pandas.Series.apply<a class="headerlink" href="#pyspark-pandas-series-apply" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
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<dt id="pyspark.pandas.Series.apply">
<code class="sig-prename descclassname">Series.</code><code class="sig-name descname">apply</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n">func</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">Callable</span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n">args</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">Sequence<span class="p">[</span>Any<span class="p">]</span></span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="default_value">()</span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o">**</span><span class="n">kwds</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">Any</span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span> &#x2192; pyspark.pandas.series.Series<a class="reference internal" href="../../../_modules/pyspark/pandas/series.html#Series.apply"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#pyspark.pandas.Series.apply" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Invoke function on values of Series.</p>
<p>Can be a Python function that only works on the Series.</p>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>this API executes the function once to infer the type which is
potentially expensive, for instance, when the dataset is created after
aggregations or sorting.</p>
<p>To avoid this, specify return type in <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">func</span></code>, for instance, as below:</p>
<div class="doctest highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">square</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">x</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">-&gt;</span> <span class="n">np</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">int32</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">x</span> <span class="o">**</span> <span class="mi">2</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>pandas-on-Spark uses return type hint and does not try to infer the type.</p>
</div>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><dl class="simple">
<dt><strong>func</strong><span class="classifier">function</span></dt><dd><p>Python function to apply. Note that type hint for return type is required.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>args</strong><span class="classifier">tuple</span></dt><dd><p>Positional arguments passed to func after the series value.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>**kwds</strong></dt><dd><p>Additional keyword arguments passed to func.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns</dt>
<dd class="field-even"><dl class="simple">
<dt>Series</dt><dd></dd>
</dl>
</dd>
</dl>
<div class="admonition seealso">
<p class="admonition-title">See also</p>
<dl class="simple">
<dt><a class="reference internal" href="pyspark.pandas.Series.aggregate.html#pyspark.pandas.Series.aggregate" title="pyspark.pandas.Series.aggregate"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Series.aggregate</span></code></a></dt><dd><p>Only perform aggregating type operations.</p>
</dd>
<dt><a class="reference internal" href="pyspark.pandas.Series.transform.html#pyspark.pandas.Series.transform" title="pyspark.pandas.Series.transform"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Series.transform</span></code></a></dt><dd><p>Only perform transforming type operations.</p>
</dd>
<dt><a class="reference internal" href="pyspark.pandas.DataFrame.apply.html#pyspark.pandas.DataFrame.apply" title="pyspark.pandas.DataFrame.apply"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">DataFrame.apply</span></code></a></dt><dd><p>The equivalent function for DataFrame.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</div>
<p class="rubric">Examples</p>
<p>Create a Series with typical summer temperatures for each city.</p>
<div class="doctest highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">s</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">ps</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Series</span><span class="p">([</span><span class="mi">20</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">21</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">12</span><span class="p">],</span>
<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="n">index</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">&#39;London&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;New York&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;Helsinki&#39;</span><span class="p">])</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">s</span>
<span class="go">London 20</span>
<span class="go">New York 21</span>
<span class="go">Helsinki 12</span>
<span class="go">dtype: int64</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Square the values by defining a function and passing it as an
argument to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">apply()</span></code>.</p>
<div class="doctest highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">square</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">x</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">-&gt;</span> <span class="n">np</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">int64</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">x</span> <span class="o">**</span> <span class="mi">2</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">s</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">apply</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">square</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="go">London 400</span>
<span class="go">New York 441</span>
<span class="go">Helsinki 144</span>
<span class="go">dtype: int64</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Define a custom function that needs additional positional
arguments and pass these additional arguments using the
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">args</span></code> keyword</p>
<div class="doctest highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">subtract_custom_value</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">x</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">custom_value</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">-&gt;</span> <span class="n">np</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">int64</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">x</span> <span class="o">-</span> <span class="n">custom_value</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<div class="doctest highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">s</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">apply</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">subtract_custom_value</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">args</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">5</span><span class="p">,))</span>
<span class="go">London 15</span>
<span class="go">New York 16</span>
<span class="go">Helsinki 7</span>
<span class="go">dtype: int64</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Define a custom function that takes keyword arguments
and pass these arguments to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">apply</span></code></p>
<div class="doctest highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">add_custom_values</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">x</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">**</span><span class="n">kwargs</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">-&gt;</span> <span class="n">np</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">int64</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">month</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">kwargs</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="n">x</span> <span class="o">+=</span> <span class="n">kwargs</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">month</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">x</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<div class="doctest highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">s</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">apply</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">add_custom_values</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">june</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">30</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">july</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">20</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">august</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">25</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="go">London 95</span>
<span class="go">New York 96</span>
<span class="go">Helsinki 87</span>
<span class="go">dtype: int64</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Use a function from the Numpy library</p>
<div class="doctest highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">numpy_log</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">-&gt;</span> <span class="n">np</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">float64</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">np</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">log</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">s</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">apply</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">numpy_log</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="go">London 2.995732</span>
<span class="go">New York 3.044522</span>
<span class="go">Helsinki 2.484907</span>
<span class="go">dtype: float64</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>You can omit the type hint and let pandas-on-Spark infer its type.</p>
<div class="doctest highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">s</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">apply</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">np</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">log</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="go">London 2.995732</span>
<span class="go">New York 3.044522</span>
<span class="go">Helsinki 2.484907</span>
<span class="go">dtype: float64</span>
</pre></div>
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