arrow (version 0.16.0.2)

Expression: Arrow expressions

Description

Expressions are used to define filter logic for passing to a Dataset Scanner. FieldExpressions refer to columns in the Dataset and are compared to ScalarExpressions using ComparisonExpressions. ComparisonExpressions may be combined with AndExpression or OrExpression and negated with NotExpression. IsValidExpression is essentially is.na() for Expressions.

Arguments

Factory

FieldExpression$create(name) takes a string name as input. This string should refer to a column in a Dataset at the time it is evaluated, but you can construct a FieldExpression independently of any Dataset.

ScalarExpression$create(x) takes a scalar (length-1) R value as input.

ComparisonExpression$create(OP, e1, e2) takes a string operator name (e.g. "==", "!=", ">", etc.) and two Expression objects.

AndExpression$create(e1, e2) and OrExpression$create(e1, e2) take two Expression objects, while NotExpression$create(e1) and IsValidExpression$create(e1) take a single Expression.