pyarrow.DataType

class pyarrow.DataType

Bases: _Weakrefable

Base class of all Arrow data types.

Each data type is an instance of this class.

__init__(*args, **kwargs)

Methods

__init__(*args, **kwargs)
equals(self, other, *[, check_metadata])	Return true if type is equivalent to passed value.
field(self, i)
to_pandas_dtype(self)	Return the equivalent NumPy / Pandas dtype.

Attributes

bit_width
id
num_buffers	Number of data buffers required to construct Array type excluding children.
num_fields	The number of child fields.

bit_width

equals(self, other, *, check_metadata=False)

Return true if type is equivalent to passed value.

Parameters:

otherDataType or str convertible to DataType

check_metadatabool

Whether nested Field metadata equality should be checked as well.

Returns:

is_equalbool

field(self, i) → Field

id

num_buffers

Number of data buffers required to construct Array type excluding children.

num_fields

The number of child fields.

to_pandas_dtype(self)

Return the equivalent NumPy / Pandas dtype.

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