Function partition

pub fn partition(columns: &[Arc<dyn Array>]) -> Result<Partitions, ArrowError>

Given a list of lexicographically sorted columns, computes the Partitions, where a partition consists of the set of consecutive rows with equal values

Returns an error if no columns are specified or all columns do not have the same number of rows.

Example:

For example, given columns x, y and z, calling partition(values, (x, y)) will divide the rows into ranges where the values of (x, y) are equal:

┌ ─ ┬───┬ ─ ─┌───┐─ ─ ┬───┬ ─ ─ ┐
    │ 1 │    │ 1 │    │ A │        Range: 0..1 (x=1, y=1)
├ ─ ┼───┼ ─ ─├───┤─ ─ ┼───┼ ─ ─ ┤
    │ 1 │    │ 2 │    │ B │
│   ├───┤    ├───┤    ├───┤     │
    │ 1 │    │ 2 │    │ C │        Range: 1..4 (x=1, y=2)
│   ├───┤    ├───┤    ├───┤     │
    │ 1 │    │ 2 │    │ D │
├ ─ ┼───┼ ─ ─├───┤─ ─ ┼───┼ ─ ─ ┤
    │ 2 │    │ 1 │    │ E │        Range: 4..5 (x=2, y=1)
├ ─ ┼───┼ ─ ─├───┤─ ─ ┼───┼ ─ ─ ┤
    │ 3 │    │ 1 │    │ F │        Range: 5..6 (x=3, y=1)
└ ─ ┴───┴ ─ ─└───┘─ ─ ┴───┴ ─ ─ ┘

      x        y        z     partition(&[x, y])

Example Code

let batch = RecordBatch::try_from_iter(vec![
    ("x", Arc::new(Int64Array::from(vec![1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3])) as ArrayRef),
    ("y", Arc::new(Int64Array::from(vec![1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1])) as ArrayRef),
    ("z", Arc::new(StringArray::from(vec!["A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F"])) as ArrayRef),
]).unwrap();

// Partition on first two columns
let ranges = partition(&batch.columns()[..2]).unwrap().ranges();

let expected = vec![
    (0..1),
    (1..4),
    (4..5),
    (5..6),
];

assert_eq!(ranges, expected);