# Write a Spark application
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[Spark](https://aws.amazon.com/big-data/what-is-spark/) applications can be written in Scala, Java, or Python. There are several examples of Spark applications located on [Spark examples](https://spark.apache.org/examples.html) topic in the Apache Spark documentation. The Estimating Pi example is shown below in the three natively supported applications. You can also view complete examples in `$SPARK_HOME/examples` and at [GitHub](https://github.com/apache/spark/tree/master/examples/src/main). For more information about how to build JARs for Spark, see the [Quick start](https://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/quick-start.html) topic in the Apache Spark documentation.

## Scala
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To avoid Scala compatibility issues, we suggest you use Spark dependencies for the correct Scala version when you compile a Spark application for an Amazon EMR cluster. The Scala version you should use depends on the version of Spark installed on your cluster. For example, Amazon EMR release 5.30.1 uses Spark 2.4.5, which is built with Scala 2.11. If your cluster uses Amazon EMR release 5.30.1, use Spark dependencies for Scala 2.11. For more information about the Scala versions used by Spark, see the [Apache Spark documentation](https://spark.apache.org/documentation.html).

```
package org.apache.spark.examples
import scala.math.random
import org.apache.spark._

/** Computes an approximation to pi */
object SparkPi {
  def main(args: Array[String]) {
    val conf = new SparkConf().setAppName("Spark Pi")
    val spark = new SparkContext(conf)
    val slices = if (args.length > 0) args(0).toInt else 2
    val n = math.min(100000L * slices, Int.MaxValue).toInt // avoid overflow
    val count = spark.parallelize(1 until n, slices).map { i =>
      val x = random * 2 - 1
      val y = random * 2 - 1
      if (x*x + y*y < 1) 1 else 0
    }.reduce(_ + _)
    println("Pi is roughly " + 4.0 * count / n)
    spark.stop()
  }
}
```

## Java
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```
package org.apache.spark.examples;

import org.apache.spark.SparkConf;
import org.apache.spark.api.java.JavaRDD;
import org.apache.spark.api.java.JavaSparkContext;
import org.apache.spark.api.java.function.Function;
import org.apache.spark.api.java.function.Function2;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

/** 
 * Computes an approximation to pi
 * Usage: JavaSparkPi [slices]
 */
public final class JavaSparkPi {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    SparkConf sparkConf = new SparkConf().setAppName("JavaSparkPi");
    JavaSparkContext jsc = new JavaSparkContext(sparkConf);

    int slices = (args.length == 1) ? Integer.parseInt(args[0]) : 2;
    int n = 100000 * slices;
    List<Integer> l = new ArrayList<Integer>(n);
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
      l.add(i);
    }

    JavaRDD<Integer> dataSet = jsc.parallelize(l, slices);

    int count = dataSet.map(new Function<Integer, Integer>() {
      @Override
      public Integer call(Integer integer) {
        double x = Math.random() * 2 - 1;
        double y = Math.random() * 2 - 1;
        return (x * x + y * y < 1) ? 1 : 0;
      }
    }).reduce(new Function2<Integer, Integer, Integer>() {
      @Override
      public Integer call(Integer integer, Integer integer2) {
        return integer + integer2;
      }
    });

    System.out.println("Pi is roughly " + 4.0 * count / n);

    jsc.stop();
  }
}
```

## Python
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```
import argparse
import logging
from operator import add
from random import random

from pyspark.sql import SparkSession

logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, format="%(levelname)s: %(message)s")


def calculate_pi(partitions, output_uri):
    """
    Calculates pi by testing a large number of random numbers against a unit circle
    inscribed inside a square. The trials are partitioned so they can be run in
    parallel on cluster instances.

    :param partitions: The number of partitions to use for the calculation.
    :param output_uri: The URI where the output is written, typically an Amazon S3
                       bucket, such as 's3://example-bucket/pi-calc'.
    """

    def calculate_hit(_):
        x = random() * 2 - 1
        y = random() * 2 - 1
        return 1 if x**2 + y**2 < 1 else 0

    tries = 100000 * partitions
    logger.info(
        "Calculating pi with a total of %s tries in %s partitions.", tries, partitions
    )
    with SparkSession.builder.appName("My PyPi").getOrCreate() as spark:
        hits = (
            spark.sparkContext.parallelize(range(tries), partitions)
            .map(calculate_hit)
            .reduce(add)
        )
        pi = 4.0 * hits / tries
        logger.info("%s tries and %s hits gives pi estimate of %s.", tries, hits, pi)
        if output_uri is not None:
            df = spark.createDataFrame([(tries, hits, pi)], ["tries", "hits", "pi"])
            df.write.mode("overwrite").json(output_uri)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
    parser.add_argument(
        "--partitions",
        default=2,
        type=int,
        help="The number of parallel partitions to use when calculating pi.",
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "--output_uri", help="The URI where output is saved, typically an S3 bucket."
    )
    args = parser.parse_args()

    calculate_pi(args.partitions, args.output_uri)
```