SparkContext.
range
Create a new RDD of int containing elements from start to end (exclusive), increased by step every element. Can be called the same way as python’s built-in range() function. If called with a single argument, the argument is interpreted as end, and start is set to 0.
the start value
the end value (exclusive)
the incremental step (default: 1)
the number of partitions of the new RDD
pyspark.RDD
An RDD of int
Examples
>>> sc.range(5).collect() [0, 1, 2, 3, 4] >>> sc.range(2, 4).collect() [2, 3] >>> sc.range(1, 7, 2).collect() [1, 3, 5]