pyarrow.Decimal256Type

class pyarrow.Decimal256Type

Bases: FixedSizeBinaryType

Concrete class for decimal256 data types.

Examples

Create an instance of decimal256 type:

>>> import pyarrow as pa
>>> pa.decimal256(76, 38)
Decimal256Type(decimal256(76, 38))

__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.
byte_width	Byte 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.
precision	The decimal precision, in number of decimal digits (an integer).
scale	The decimal scale (an integer).

bit_width

Bit width for fixed width type.

Examples

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

byte_width

Byte width for fixed width type.

Examples

>>> import pyarrow as pa
>>> pa.int64()
DataType(int64)
>>> pa.int64().byte_width
8

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

precision

The decimal precision, in number of decimal digits (an integer).

Examples

>>> import pyarrow as pa
>>> t = pa.decimal256(76, 38)
>>> t.precision
76

scale

The decimal scale (an integer).

Examples

>>> import pyarrow as pa
>>> t = pa.decimal256(76, 38)
>>> t.scale
38

to_pandas_dtype(self)

Return the equivalent NumPy / Pandas dtype.

Examples

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