pyarrow.ListType#

class pyarrow.ListType#

Bases: DataType

Concrete class for list data types.

Examples

Create an instance of ListType:

>>> import pyarrow as pa
>>> pa.list_(pa.string())
ListType(list<item: string>)

__init__(*args, **kwargs)#

Methods

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

Attributes

`bit_width`	Bit width for fixed width type.
`id`
`num_buffers`	Number of data buffers required to construct Array type excluding children.
`num_fields`	The number of child fields.
`value_field`	The field for list values.
`value_type`	The data type of list values.

bit_width#

Bit width for fixed width type.

Examples

>>> import pyarrow as pa
>>> pa.int64()
DataType(int64)
>>> pa.int64().bit_width
64

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

Examples

>>> import pyarrow as pa
>>> pa.int64().equals(pa.string())
False
>>> pa.int64().equals(pa.int64())
True

field(self, i) → Field#

Parameters:

iint

Returns:

pyarrow.Field

id#

num_buffers#

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

Examples

>>> import pyarrow as pa
>>> pa.int64().num_buffers
2
>>> pa.string().num_buffers
3

num_fields#

The number of child fields.

Examples

>>> import pyarrow as pa
>>> pa.int64()
DataType(int64)
>>> pa.int64().num_fields
0
>>> pa.list_(pa.string())
ListType(list<item: string>)
>>> pa.list_(pa.string()).num_fields
1
>>> struct = pa.struct({'x': pa.int32(), 'y': pa.string()})
>>> struct.num_fields
2

to_pandas_dtype(self)#

Return the equivalent NumPy / Pandas dtype.

Examples

>>> import pyarrow as pa
>>> pa.int64().to_pandas_dtype()
<class 'numpy.int64'>

value_field#

The field for list values.

Examples

>>> import pyarrow as pa
>>> pa.list_(pa.string()).value_field
pyarrow.Field<item: string>

value_type#

The data type of list values.

Examples

>>> import pyarrow as pa
>>> pa.list_(pa.string()).value_type
DataType(string)