What is the difference between rowsBetween and rangeBetween?

Question

From the PySpark docs rangeBetween:

rangeBetween(start, end)

Defines the frame boundaries, from start (inclusive) to end (inc

Answer 1

RANGEbetween looks at the ORDER BY clause to determine if a row is included in a window.

ROWSbetween looks at the order of the rows.

RANGE between checks if the ORDER BY is within some specified range, and will include them in a window.

ROWSbetween will form your window based on what rows are positionally around your current row (irregardless of the value of the ORDER BY column for those rows)