pandas.arrays.ArrowStringArray#

class pandas.arrays.ArrowStringArray(values)[source]#

Extension array for string data in a pyarrow.ChunkedArray.

Warning

ArrowStringArray is considered experimental. The implementation and parts of the API may change without warning.

Parameters:

valuespyarrow.Array or pyarrow.ChunkedArray: The array of data.

Attributes

None

Methods

None

See also

array(): The recommended function for creating a ArrowStringArray.
Series.str: The string methods are available on Series backed by a ArrowStringArray.

Notes

ArrowStringArray returns a BooleanArray for comparison methods.

Examples

>>> pd.array(["This is", "some text", None, "data."], dtype="string[pyarrow]")
<ArrowStringArray>
['This is', 'some text', <NA>, 'data.']
Length: 4, dtype: string