scala> "apple".split("")
res35: Array[String] = Array(a, p, p, l, e)
scala> val rdd = sc.parallelize("apple")
rdd: org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD[Char] = ParallelCollectionRDD[28] at parallelize at <console>:24
scala> rdd.map(_*2).collect
res36: Array[Int] = Array(194, 224, 224, 216, 202)
scala> rdd.map(_).collect
<console>:27: error: missing parameter type for expanded function ((x$1) => rdd.map(x$1).collect)
rdd.map(_).collect
^
scala> rdd.filter(_=='a').collect
res38: Array[Char] = Array(a)
scala> rdd.take(1)
res39: Array[Char] = Array(a)
scala> rdd.take(2)
res40: Array[Char] = Array(a, p)
scala> rdd.split("")
<console>:27: error: value split is not a member of org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD[Char]
rdd.split("")
^