SPRKPY1024

pyspark.sql.functions.log2

Message: pyspark.sql.functions.log2 has a workaround, see documentation for more info

Category: Warning

Description

This issue appears when the SMA detects a use of the pyspark.sql.functions.log2 function, which has a workaround.

Scenario

Input

Below is an example of a use of the pyspark.sql.functions.log2 function that generates this EWI. In this example, the log2 function is used to calculate the base-2 logarithm of the value column.

df = spark.createDataFrame([(1,), (2,), (4,), (8,), (16,)], ["value"])
df_with_log2 = df.withColumn("log2_value", log2(df["value"]))

Output

The SMA adds the EWI SPRKPY1024 to the output code to let you know that this function is not directly supported by Snowpark, but it has a workaround.

df = spark.createDataFrame([(1,), (2,), (4,), (8,), (16,)], ["value"])
#EWI: SPRKPY1024 => pyspark.sql.functions.log2 has a workaround, see documentation for more info
df_with_log2 = df.withColumn("log2_value", log2(df["value"]))

Recommended fix

As a workaround, you can use the snowflake.snowpark.functions.log function by passing the literal value 2 as the base.

df = session.createDataFrame([(1,), (2,), (4,), (8,), (16,)], ["value"])
df_with_log2 = df.withColumn("log2_value", log(2, df["value"]))

Additional recommendations

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