pandas.arrays.ArrowStringArray

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

Extension array for string data in a pyarrow.ChunkedArray.

New in version 1.2.0.

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.

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

Attributes

None

Methods

None