Using Azure Databricks Notebooks

Question 1

What are Notebooks?

Answer 1

Notebooks consist of two cells, code cells and annotation cells. The code cells perform task while the annotation cells provide documentation.

Question 2

What is cell magic?

Answer 2

Cell magic is how you tell the notebook cell which language to use for processing that cell. Examples: %r, %py, %Sql, %md

Question 3

%fs

Answer 3

Emulates local disk storage within the DFS system.

Question 4

%md

Answer 4

Markdown Cell. These cells are used to annotate the notebook and support html.

Question 5

%python

Answer 5

Supports Python 2 and python 3 depending on the cluster.

Question 6

%r

Answer 6

R language cell.

Question 7

%run

Answer 7

Executes another notebook

Question 8

%scala

Answer 8

Uses the scala language

Question 9

%sh

Answer 9

Shell statements used to run BASH commands

Question 10

%sql

Answer 10

Used to run SQL commands