pyarrow.DataType

class pyarrow.DataType

Bases: pyarrow.lib._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)

Return true if type is equivalent to passed value.

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_children

The number of child fields.

num_fields

The number of child fields.

bit_width
equals(self, other)

Return true if type is equivalent to passed value.

Parameters
otherDataType or str convertible to DataType
Returns
is_equalbool
id
num_buffers

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

num_children

The number of child fields.

num_fields

The number of child fields.

to_pandas_dtype(self)

Return the equivalent NumPy / Pandas dtype.