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[SPARK-58971][PS] Add pct, na_option, and axis parameters to Series.rank and DataFrame.rank - #58254

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What changes were proposed in this pull request?

Add na_option, pct, and axis parameters to Series.rank(), and na_option and pct to DataFrame.rank(), to match the pandas API.

  • na_option ('keep'/'top'/'bottom'): controls how NaN values are ranked
  • pct: expresses ranks as percentile fractions in (0, 1]
  • axis on Series.rank(): accepts 0/'index' only, added for API compatibility

Why are the changes needed?

The pandas-on-Spark implementations were missing these parameters, making it harder to migrate pandas code to Spark without modification. DataFrame.rank was tracked in SPARK-46167; this PR also covers Series.rank.

Does this PR introduce any user-facing change?

Yes. Two new keyword parameters on Series.rank() and DataFrame.rank(). Defaults are unchanged so existing code is unaffected.

>>> ps.Series([1, float('nan'), 2]).rank(na_option='top')
0    2.0
1    1.0
2    3.0


>>> ps.Series([1, 2, 2, 3]).rank(pct=True)
0    0.25
1    0.625
2    0.625
3    1.0

How was this patch tested?

New test method test_rank_pct_na_option in test_compute.py and new cases in test_stat.py covering all methods, both axes, combined parameters, and invalid input errors.

Was this patch authored or co-authored using generative AI tooling?

This patch was co-authored with AI assistance (Claude Sonnet 4.6).

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@holdenk Could you help take a look on the PR when you have time? Thanks.

@jzhan-2026 jzhan-2026 changed the title SPARK-58971][PS] Add pct, na_option, and axis parameters to Series.rank and DataFrame.rank [SPARK-58971][PS] Add pct, na_option, and axis parameters to Series.rank and DataFrame.rank Aug 24, 2026
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holdenk commented Aug 24, 2026

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I'll take a look, there are some failing "slow" pandas tests, they look like they could be bad tests but if you can also take a look @jzhan-2026 that would be great!

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# Determine ordering with null placement based on na_option.
# 'top' always assigns the smallest rank to NaN, 'bottom' the largest,
# regardless of ascending direction.
if ascending:
asc_func = PySparkColumn.asc
sort_col = (
self.spark.column.asc_nulls_first()
if na_option == "top"
else self.spark.column.asc_nulls_last()
)
nat_order_col = F.col(NATURAL_ORDER_COLUMN_NAME).asc()
else:
asc_func = PySparkColumn.desc
sort_col = (
self.spark.column.desc_nulls_first()
if na_option == "top"
else self.spark.column.desc_nulls_last()
)
nat_order_col = F.col(NATURAL_ORDER_COLUMN_NAME).desc()

if method == "first":
window = (
Window.orderBy(
asc_func(self.spark.column),
asc_func(F.col(NATURAL_ORDER_COLUMN_NAME)),
)
Window.orderBy(sort_col, nat_order_col)

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I think the new ordering is a little screwed up, I took a little of time but not 100% sure. Tentatively my guess is making the asc_func and then applying it to the natural order column name would work better. I think it could also simplify the code a bit since the multiple different calls to .desc() / .desc_nulls_last / desc_nulls... etc.

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Did a bit more of a poke, I think there might be something off in the new ordering code not just the ttests.

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