Difference between RDD as val and var

Question

RDD is considered immutable. I tried to create an RDD with val and var like given below. I can see I was able to change RDD definition created using var. If it"s immutable why was I able to use var to create an RDD?

scala> var df = sc.textFile("/user/saifu/problem5/text")
df: org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD[String] = /user/saifu/problem5/text MapPartitionsRDD[13] at textFile at :27

scala> val db = sc.textFile("/user/saifu/problem5/text")
db: org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD[String] = /user/saifu/problem5/text MapPartitionsRDD[15] at textFile at :27

scala> df = sc.textFile("/user/sarfu/problem5/text-uncompress")
df: org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD[String] = /user/sarfu/problem5/text-uncompress MapPartitionsRDD[17] at textFile at :29

Answer 1

Variable declaration can be done in two ways

1. val --> immutable variable

Refer to the screenshot below:

2. var --> mutable variable

Refer to the screenshot below:

I hope this helps.