[SPARK-35344] Support creating a Column of numpy literal value in pandas-on-Spark

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.2.0
• Fix Version/s: 3.2.0
• Component/s: PySpark
• Assignee: Xinrong Meng
• Reporter: Xinrong Meng
• Created: 07/May/21 20:39
• Updated: 29/Jun/21 02:04
• Resolved: 29/Jun/21 02:04

Description

Spark (`lit` function defined in `pyspark.sql.functions`) doesn't support creating a Column out of numpy literal value.

So `lit` function defined in `pyspark.pandas.spark.functions` should be adjusted in order to support that in pandas-on-Spark.

Issue Links

• links to: [Github] Pull Request #32955 (xinrong-databricks)
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #32955 (xinrong-databricks)