How to create multiple SparkContexts in a console

Question

I want to create more than one SparkContext in a console. According to a post in mailing list, I need to do SparkConf.set( \'spark.driver.allowMultipleContexts\' , true), it

Answer 1

I was hoping previous spark context be stopped and closed by calling close() stop() and the new one can be recreated, but still getting same error.