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String FunctionsKoan 15

String Functions - Substring and Length

Extract parts of strings and measure length. Replace ___ with the correct code.

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Setup (read-only)

data = [("Alice",), ("Bob",), ("Charlotte",)]
df = spark.createDataFrame(data, ["name"])

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Output

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