Filter spark DataFrame on string contains
You can use contains (this works with an arbitrary sequence): df.filter($”foo”.contains(“bar”)) like (SQL like with SQL simple regular expression whith _ matching an arbitrary character and % matching an arbitrary sequence): df.filter($”foo”.like(“bar”)) or rlike (like with Java regular expressions): df.filter($”foo”.rlike(“bar”)) depending on your requirements. LIKE and RLIKE should work with SQL expressions as well.