pyarrow.chunked_array#

pyarrow.chunked_array(arrays, type=None)#

Construct chunked array from list of array-like objects

Parameters:

arraysArray, list of Array, or array-like

Must all be the same data type. Can be empty only if type also passed. Any Arrow-compatible array that implements the Arrow PyCapsule Protocol (has an __arrow_c_array__ or __arrow_c_stream__ method) can be passed as well.

typeDataType or str coercible to DataType

Returns:

ChunkedArray

Examples

>>> import pyarrow as pa
>>> pa.chunked_array([], type=pa.int8())
<pyarrow.lib.ChunkedArray object at ...>
[
...
]

>>> pa.chunked_array([[2, 2, 4], [4, 5, 100]])
<pyarrow.lib.ChunkedArray object at ...>
[
  [
    2,
    2,
    4
  ],
  [
    4,
    5,
    100
  ]
]