The code block shown below contains an error. The code block is intended to return a new DataFrame where column managerName from DataFrame storesDF is split at the space character into column…

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• AThe index values of 0 and 1 are not correct - they should be 1 and 2, respectively.
• BThe index values of 0 and 1 should be provided as second arguments to the split() operation
• CThe split() operation comes from the imported functions object. It accepts a string column name
• DThe split() operation comes from the imported functions object. It accepts a Column object and
• EThe withColumn operation cannot be called twice in a row.

• A
  4% (2)
• B
  2% (1)
• D
  91% (43)
• E
  2% (1)

Explanation

In PySpark, split() is a standalone function imported from pyspark.sql.functions, not a method on a Column object. The error in the code is calling .split(' ') directly on col('managerName'), as if it were a Column method. The correct syntax is split(col('managerName'), ' ') (or split('managerName', ' ')), where the function accepts a Column object (or column name string) as the first argument and the delimiter pattern as the second. Option D correctly identifies this: the split() operation comes from the imported functions object and accepts a Column object.

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