Yes you can sort it in desc, you simply specify a boolean value in the second argument to the sortBy function. Default is ascending. So it will look like:
rdd.sortBy(_._2, false) Read more over here <http://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/api/scala/#org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD> Thanks Best Regards On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 12:20 AM, SK <skrishna...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I am using rdd.sortBy(_._2) to get an RDD sorted by value. The default > order > is ascending order. How can I get it sorted in descending order? I could > not find an option to specify the order. > > I need to get the top K elements of the list sorted in descending order. If > there is no option to get the descending order, I would like to know if > there is a way to get the last K elements of the list sorted in ascending > order. take(k) gets the first k elements, is there an option to get the > last K elements of an RDD ? > > thanks > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://apache-spark-user-list.1001560.n3.nabble.com/specifying-sort-order-for-sort-by-value-tp18289.html > Sent from the Apache Spark User List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@spark.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@spark.apache.org > >
