Я думаю, что вы можете сделать, как показано ниже
>>> rdd = sc.parallelize([
... ('MechanicalKeyboards', 2, 'ForgetfulDoryFish'),
... ('MechanicalKeyboards', 1, 'cheshire26'),
... ('MechanicalKeyboards', 1, 'Sygaldry'),
... ('scala', 5, 'hyperforce'),
... ('xkcd', 3, 'brinjal66'),
... ('MechanicalKeyboards', 1, 'Sygaldry'),
... ('MechanicalKeyboards', 1, 'DzyDzyDino')
... ])
>>>
>>> rdd.filter(lambda x: True if 'e' in x[0] else False).collect()
[('MechanicalKeyboards', 2, 'ForgetfulDoryFish'), ('MechanicalKeyboards', 1, 'cheshire26'), ('MechanicalKeyboards', 1, 'Sygaldry'), ('MechanicalKeyboards', 1, 'Sygaldry'), ('MechanicalKeyboards', 1, 'DzyDzyDino')]