[SPARK-53676][PYTHON] Extend to support column name #52420
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What changes were proposed in this pull request?
This extends
DataFrame.withColumnto accept a column name (i.e. string) in addition to aColumnexpression–see SPARK-53675.Why are the changes needed?
This follows the API changes introduced in 3.0 where constructs "that previously only accepted a Column object to specify a column can now take a string specifying the column by name".
Does this PR introduce any user-facing change?
Yes, this extends the allowed type to column or name, previous just column.
How was this patch tested?
Simple test added.
Was this patch authored or co-authored using generative AI tooling?
No.