pyarrow.Scalar

class pyarrow.Scalar

Bases: _Weakrefable

The base class for scalars.

__init__(*args, **kwargs)

Methods

__init__(*args, **kwargs)
as_py(self)
cast(self, target_type)	Attempt a safe cast to target data type.
equals(self, Scalar other)

Attributes

is_valid	Holds a valid (non-null) value.
type	Data type of the Scalar object.

as_py(self)

cast(self, target_type)

Attempt a safe cast to target data type.

Parameters:

target_typeDataType or str coercible to DataType

The type to cast the scalar to.

Returns:

scalarA Scalar of the given target data type.

equals(self, Scalar other)

is_valid

Holds a valid (non-null) value.

type

Data type of the Scalar object.

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