Get the max value for each key in a Spark RDD












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What is the best way to return the max row (value) associated with each unique key in a spark RDD?



I'm using python and I've tried Math max, mapping and reducing by keys and aggregates. Is there an efficient way to do this? Possibly an UDF?



I have in RDD format:



[(v, 3),
(v, 1),
(v, 1),
(w, 7),
(w, 1),
(x, 3),
(y, 1),
(y, 1),
(y, 2),
(y, 3)]


And I need to return:



[(v, 3),
(w, 7),
(x, 3),
(y, 3)]


Ties can return the first value or random.










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    What is the best way to return the max row (value) associated with each unique key in a spark RDD?



    I'm using python and I've tried Math max, mapping and reducing by keys and aggregates. Is there an efficient way to do this? Possibly an UDF?



    I have in RDD format:



    [(v, 3),
    (v, 1),
    (v, 1),
    (w, 7),
    (w, 1),
    (x, 3),
    (y, 1),
    (y, 1),
    (y, 2),
    (y, 3)]


    And I need to return:



    [(v, 3),
    (w, 7),
    (x, 3),
    (y, 3)]


    Ties can return the first value or random.










    share|improve this question



























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      What is the best way to return the max row (value) associated with each unique key in a spark RDD?



      I'm using python and I've tried Math max, mapping and reducing by keys and aggregates. Is there an efficient way to do this? Possibly an UDF?



      I have in RDD format:



      [(v, 3),
      (v, 1),
      (v, 1),
      (w, 7),
      (w, 1),
      (x, 3),
      (y, 1),
      (y, 1),
      (y, 2),
      (y, 3)]


      And I need to return:



      [(v, 3),
      (w, 7),
      (x, 3),
      (y, 3)]


      Ties can return the first value or random.










      share|improve this question
















      What is the best way to return the max row (value) associated with each unique key in a spark RDD?



      I'm using python and I've tried Math max, mapping and reducing by keys and aggregates. Is there an efficient way to do this? Possibly an UDF?



      I have in RDD format:



      [(v, 3),
      (v, 1),
      (v, 1),
      (w, 7),
      (w, 1),
      (x, 3),
      (y, 1),
      (y, 1),
      (y, 2),
      (y, 3)]


      And I need to return:



      [(v, 3),
      (w, 7),
      (x, 3),
      (y, 3)]


      Ties can return the first value or random.







      python apache-spark pyspark rdd






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          Actually you have a PairRDD. One of the best ways to do it is with reduceByKey:



          (Scala)



          val grouped = rdd.reduceByKey(math.max(_, _))


          (Python)



          grouped = rdd.reduceByKey(max)


          (Java 7)



          JavaPairRDD<String, Integer> grouped = new JavaPairRDD(rdd).reduceByKey(
          new Function2<Integer, Integer, Integer>() {
          public Integer call(Integer v1, Integer v2) {
          return Math.max(v1, v2);
          }
          });


          (Java 8)



          JavaPairRDD<String, Integer> grouped = new JavaPairRDD(rdd).reduceByKey(
          (v1, v2) -> Math.max(v1, v2)
          );


          API doc for reduceByKey:




          • Scala

          • Python

          • Java






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          • can you give a way to do this in Java as well? I am using java and looking for exactly the same thing

            – tsar2512
            Jan 24 '17 at 22:47











          • @tsar2512 With Java 8, this might work: new JavaPairRDD(rdd).reduceByKey((v1, v2) -> Math.max(v1, v2));

            – Daniel de Paula
            Jan 25 '17 at 9:12













          • thanks for the response, unfortunately, I am using Java 7 - it does not allow lambda functions. One typically has to write anonymous functions. Could you let me know what would be the solution in Java 7? I suspext a simple comparator function should work!

            – tsar2512
            Jan 25 '17 at 9:55











          • Additionally. What we are getting is the max of values which belong to each key. Is that correct?

            – tsar2512
            Jan 25 '17 at 9:56











          • @tsar2512, yes, the resulting RDD will contain a single entry for each key, containing a pair (key, maxValue). I updated the answer with versions for Java 7 and Java 8, but I haven't tested them, so please let me know if it works.

            – Daniel de Paula
            Jan 25 '17 at 10:10











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          Actually you have a PairRDD. One of the best ways to do it is with reduceByKey:



          (Scala)



          val grouped = rdd.reduceByKey(math.max(_, _))


          (Python)



          grouped = rdd.reduceByKey(max)


          (Java 7)



          JavaPairRDD<String, Integer> grouped = new JavaPairRDD(rdd).reduceByKey(
          new Function2<Integer, Integer, Integer>() {
          public Integer call(Integer v1, Integer v2) {
          return Math.max(v1, v2);
          }
          });


          (Java 8)



          JavaPairRDD<String, Integer> grouped = new JavaPairRDD(rdd).reduceByKey(
          (v1, v2) -> Math.max(v1, v2)
          );


          API doc for reduceByKey:




          • Scala

          • Python

          • Java






          share|improve this answer


























          • can you give a way to do this in Java as well? I am using java and looking for exactly the same thing

            – tsar2512
            Jan 24 '17 at 22:47











          • @tsar2512 With Java 8, this might work: new JavaPairRDD(rdd).reduceByKey((v1, v2) -> Math.max(v1, v2));

            – Daniel de Paula
            Jan 25 '17 at 9:12













          • thanks for the response, unfortunately, I am using Java 7 - it does not allow lambda functions. One typically has to write anonymous functions. Could you let me know what would be the solution in Java 7? I suspext a simple comparator function should work!

            – tsar2512
            Jan 25 '17 at 9:55











          • Additionally. What we are getting is the max of values which belong to each key. Is that correct?

            – tsar2512
            Jan 25 '17 at 9:56











          • @tsar2512, yes, the resulting RDD will contain a single entry for each key, containing a pair (key, maxValue). I updated the answer with versions for Java 7 and Java 8, but I haven't tested them, so please let me know if it works.

            – Daniel de Paula
            Jan 25 '17 at 10:10
















          15














          Actually you have a PairRDD. One of the best ways to do it is with reduceByKey:



          (Scala)



          val grouped = rdd.reduceByKey(math.max(_, _))


          (Python)



          grouped = rdd.reduceByKey(max)


          (Java 7)



          JavaPairRDD<String, Integer> grouped = new JavaPairRDD(rdd).reduceByKey(
          new Function2<Integer, Integer, Integer>() {
          public Integer call(Integer v1, Integer v2) {
          return Math.max(v1, v2);
          }
          });


          (Java 8)



          JavaPairRDD<String, Integer> grouped = new JavaPairRDD(rdd).reduceByKey(
          (v1, v2) -> Math.max(v1, v2)
          );


          API doc for reduceByKey:




          • Scala

          • Python

          • Java






          share|improve this answer


























          • can you give a way to do this in Java as well? I am using java and looking for exactly the same thing

            – tsar2512
            Jan 24 '17 at 22:47











          • @tsar2512 With Java 8, this might work: new JavaPairRDD(rdd).reduceByKey((v1, v2) -> Math.max(v1, v2));

            – Daniel de Paula
            Jan 25 '17 at 9:12













          • thanks for the response, unfortunately, I am using Java 7 - it does not allow lambda functions. One typically has to write anonymous functions. Could you let me know what would be the solution in Java 7? I suspext a simple comparator function should work!

            – tsar2512
            Jan 25 '17 at 9:55











          • Additionally. What we are getting is the max of values which belong to each key. Is that correct?

            – tsar2512
            Jan 25 '17 at 9:56











          • @tsar2512, yes, the resulting RDD will contain a single entry for each key, containing a pair (key, maxValue). I updated the answer with versions for Java 7 and Java 8, but I haven't tested them, so please let me know if it works.

            – Daniel de Paula
            Jan 25 '17 at 10:10














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          15








          15







          Actually you have a PairRDD. One of the best ways to do it is with reduceByKey:



          (Scala)



          val grouped = rdd.reduceByKey(math.max(_, _))


          (Python)



          grouped = rdd.reduceByKey(max)


          (Java 7)



          JavaPairRDD<String, Integer> grouped = new JavaPairRDD(rdd).reduceByKey(
          new Function2<Integer, Integer, Integer>() {
          public Integer call(Integer v1, Integer v2) {
          return Math.max(v1, v2);
          }
          });


          (Java 8)



          JavaPairRDD<String, Integer> grouped = new JavaPairRDD(rdd).reduceByKey(
          (v1, v2) -> Math.max(v1, v2)
          );


          API doc for reduceByKey:




          • Scala

          • Python

          • Java






          share|improve this answer















          Actually you have a PairRDD. One of the best ways to do it is with reduceByKey:



          (Scala)



          val grouped = rdd.reduceByKey(math.max(_, _))


          (Python)



          grouped = rdd.reduceByKey(max)


          (Java 7)



          JavaPairRDD<String, Integer> grouped = new JavaPairRDD(rdd).reduceByKey(
          new Function2<Integer, Integer, Integer>() {
          public Integer call(Integer v1, Integer v2) {
          return Math.max(v1, v2);
          }
          });


          (Java 8)



          JavaPairRDD<String, Integer> grouped = new JavaPairRDD(rdd).reduceByKey(
          (v1, v2) -> Math.max(v1, v2)
          );


          API doc for reduceByKey:




          • Scala

          • Python

          • Java







          share|improve this answer














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          edited Jan 25 '17 at 10:07

























          answered May 4 '16 at 0:29









          Daniel de PaulaDaniel de Paula

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          • can you give a way to do this in Java as well? I am using java and looking for exactly the same thing

            – tsar2512
            Jan 24 '17 at 22:47











          • @tsar2512 With Java 8, this might work: new JavaPairRDD(rdd).reduceByKey((v1, v2) -> Math.max(v1, v2));

            – Daniel de Paula
            Jan 25 '17 at 9:12













          • thanks for the response, unfortunately, I am using Java 7 - it does not allow lambda functions. One typically has to write anonymous functions. Could you let me know what would be the solution in Java 7? I suspext a simple comparator function should work!

            – tsar2512
            Jan 25 '17 at 9:55











          • Additionally. What we are getting is the max of values which belong to each key. Is that correct?

            – tsar2512
            Jan 25 '17 at 9:56











          • @tsar2512, yes, the resulting RDD will contain a single entry for each key, containing a pair (key, maxValue). I updated the answer with versions for Java 7 and Java 8, but I haven't tested them, so please let me know if it works.

            – Daniel de Paula
            Jan 25 '17 at 10:10



















          • can you give a way to do this in Java as well? I am using java and looking for exactly the same thing

            – tsar2512
            Jan 24 '17 at 22:47











          • @tsar2512 With Java 8, this might work: new JavaPairRDD(rdd).reduceByKey((v1, v2) -> Math.max(v1, v2));

            – Daniel de Paula
            Jan 25 '17 at 9:12













          • thanks for the response, unfortunately, I am using Java 7 - it does not allow lambda functions. One typically has to write anonymous functions. Could you let me know what would be the solution in Java 7? I suspext a simple comparator function should work!

            – tsar2512
            Jan 25 '17 at 9:55











          • Additionally. What we are getting is the max of values which belong to each key. Is that correct?

            – tsar2512
            Jan 25 '17 at 9:56











          • @tsar2512, yes, the resulting RDD will contain a single entry for each key, containing a pair (key, maxValue). I updated the answer with versions for Java 7 and Java 8, but I haven't tested them, so please let me know if it works.

            – Daniel de Paula
            Jan 25 '17 at 10:10

















          can you give a way to do this in Java as well? I am using java and looking for exactly the same thing

          – tsar2512
          Jan 24 '17 at 22:47





          can you give a way to do this in Java as well? I am using java and looking for exactly the same thing

          – tsar2512
          Jan 24 '17 at 22:47













          @tsar2512 With Java 8, this might work: new JavaPairRDD(rdd).reduceByKey((v1, v2) -> Math.max(v1, v2));

          – Daniel de Paula
          Jan 25 '17 at 9:12







          @tsar2512 With Java 8, this might work: new JavaPairRDD(rdd).reduceByKey((v1, v2) -> Math.max(v1, v2));

          – Daniel de Paula
          Jan 25 '17 at 9:12















          thanks for the response, unfortunately, I am using Java 7 - it does not allow lambda functions. One typically has to write anonymous functions. Could you let me know what would be the solution in Java 7? I suspext a simple comparator function should work!

          – tsar2512
          Jan 25 '17 at 9:55





          thanks for the response, unfortunately, I am using Java 7 - it does not allow lambda functions. One typically has to write anonymous functions. Could you let me know what would be the solution in Java 7? I suspext a simple comparator function should work!

          – tsar2512
          Jan 25 '17 at 9:55













          Additionally. What we are getting is the max of values which belong to each key. Is that correct?

          – tsar2512
          Jan 25 '17 at 9:56





          Additionally. What we are getting is the max of values which belong to each key. Is that correct?

          – tsar2512
          Jan 25 '17 at 9:56













          @tsar2512, yes, the resulting RDD will contain a single entry for each key, containing a pair (key, maxValue). I updated the answer with versions for Java 7 and Java 8, but I haven't tested them, so please let me know if it works.

          – Daniel de Paula
          Jan 25 '17 at 10:10





          @tsar2512, yes, the resulting RDD will contain a single entry for each key, containing a pair (key, maxValue). I updated the answer with versions for Java 7 and Java 8, but I haven't tested them, so please let me know if it works.

          – Daniel de Paula
          Jan 25 '17 at 10:10




















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