Package pyspark :: Module sql :: Class ArrayType

Class ArrayType

object --+    
         |    
  DataType --+
             |
            ArrayType

Spark SQL ArrayType

The data type representing list values. An ArrayType object comprises two fields, elementType (a DataType) and containsNull (a bool). The field of elementType is used to specify the type of array elements. The field of containsNull is used to specify if the array has None values.

Instance Methods

__init__(self, elementType, containsNull=True)
Creates an ArrayType

source code

__str__(self)
str(x)

source code

Inherited from DataType: __eq__, __hash__, __ne__, __repr__

Inherited from object: __delattr__, __format__, __getattribute__, __new__, __reduce__, __reduce_ex__, __setattr__, __sizeof__, __subclasshook__

Properties
Inherited from `object`: `__class__`

Method Details

init(self, elementType, containsNull=True)
(Constructor)

source code

Creates an ArrayType

:param elementType: the data type of elements. :param containsNull: indicates whether the list contains None values.

>>> ArrayType(StringType) == ArrayType(StringType, True)
True
>>> ArrayType(StringType, False) == ArrayType(StringType)
False

Overrides: object.__init__

str(self)
(Informal representation operator)

source code

str(x)

Overrides: object.__str__: (inherited documentation)

Class ArrayType

__init__(self, elementType, containsNull=True) (Constructor)

__str__(self) (Informal representation operator)

init(self, elementType, containsNull=True)
(Constructor)

str(self)
(Informal representation operator)