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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def expr(str):
 """Parses the expression string into the column that it represents [Row(length(name)=5), Row(length(name)=3)] """

    sc = SparkContext._active_spark_context
    return Column(sc._jvm.functions.expr(str))