scala> val a = Array("col1", "col2")
a: Array[String] = Array(col1, col2)

val edges = all_edges.select(a:_*)
<console>:27: error: overloaded method value select with alternatives:
(col: String,cols: String*)org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame <and>
(cols: org.apache.spark.sql.Column*)org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame
cannot be applied to (String)