script_26_basic_nonemptyline_count_example.py

#Basic Non Empty line count example
#Read a text file and create RDD lines
lines = sc.textFile("wordtxt.txt")
#Use tranformation function filter to create notEmptyLines from lines
notEmptyLines = lines.filter(lambda line:len(line)>0)
#Execute action count to save the count of non empty lines to count
#And print it
count = notEmptyLines.count()
print(count)
#Sample output
#500