arrow (version 8.0.0)

as_record_batch: Convert an object to an Arrow RecordBatch

Description

Whereas record_batch() constructs a RecordBatch from one or more columns, as_record_batch() converts a single object to an Arrow RecordBatch.

Usage

as_record_batch(x, ..., schema = NULL)
# S3 method for RecordBatch
as_record_batch(x, ..., schema = NULL)
# S3 method for Table
as_record_batch(x, ..., schema = NULL)
# S3 method for data.frame
as_record_batch(x, ..., schema = NULL)

Arguments

x

An object to convert to an Arrow RecordBatch

...

Passed to S3 methods

schema

a Schema, or NULL (the default) to infer the schema from the data in .... When providing an Arrow IPC buffer, schema is required.

Value

A RecordBatch

Examples

# NOT RUN {
# use as_record_batch() for a single object
as_record_batch(data.frame(col1 = 1, col2 = "two"))

# use record_batch() to create from columns
record_batch(col1 = 1, col2 = "two")

# }