SPRKPY1039

pyspark.sql.column.Column.getItem has a workaround

Description

This issue appears when the tool detects the usage of pyspark.sql.column.Column.getItem which has a workaround.

Input code:

myColumn.getItem(0)
myColumn.getItem("fieldName")

Output code:

#EWI: SPRKPY1039 => pyspark.sql.column.Column.getItem has a workaround, see documentation for more info
myColumn.getItem(0)
myColumn.getItem("fieldName")

Scenario

getItem(key: Any) -> pyspark.sql.column.Column

Action: you can use the snowpark Column indexer operator with the name of the field or the position of the field as the index. Example:

myColumn[0]
myColumn["fieldName"]

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