Create a :class:`DataFrame` with single :class:`pyspark.sql.types.LongType` column named
        ``id``, containing elements in a range from ``start`` to ``end`` (exclusive) with
        step value ``step``.

        :param start: the start value
        :param end: the end value (exclusive)
        :param step: the incremental step (default: 1)
        :param numPartitions: the number of partitions of the DataFrame
        :return: :class:`DataFrame`

        >>> sqlContext.range(1, 7, 2).collect()
        [Row(id=1), Row(id=3), Row(id=5)]

        If only one argument is specified, it will be used as the end value.

        >>> sqlContext.range(3).collect()
        [Row(id=0), Row(id=1), Row(id=2)]

def range(self, start, end=None, step=1, numPartitions=None):
        """
        Create a :class:`DataFrame` with single :class:`pyspark.sql.types.LongType` column named
        ``id``, containing elements in a range from ``start`` to ``end`` (exclusive) with
        step value ``step``.

        :param start: the start value
        :param end: the end value (exclusive)
        :param step: the incremental step (default: 1)
        :param numPartitions: the number of partitions of the DataFrame
        :return: :class:`DataFrame`

        >>> sqlContext.range(1, 7, 2).collect()
        [Row(id=1), Row(id=3), Row(id=5)]

        If only one argument is specified, it will be used as the end value.

        >>> sqlContext.range(3).collect()
        [Row(id=0), Row(id=1), Row(id=2)]
        """
        return self.sparkSession.range(start, end, step, numPartitions)