Column#

class cudf._lib.pylibcudf.column.Column(DataType data_type, size_type size, gpumemoryview data, gpumemoryview mask, size_type null_count, size_type offset, list children)#

A container of nullable device data as a column of elements.

This class is an implementation of Arrow columnar data specification for data stored on GPUs. It relies on Python memoryview-like semantics to maintain shared ownership of the data it is constructed with, so any input data may also be co-owned by other data structures. The Column is designed to be operated on using algorithms backed by libcudf.

Parameters:
data_typeDataType

The type of data in the column.

sizesize_type

The number of rows in the column.

datagpumemoryview

The data the column will refer to.

maskgpumemoryview

The null mask for the column.

null_countint

The number of null rows in the column.

offsetint

The offset into the data buffer where the column’s data begins.

childrenlist

The children of this column if it is a compound column type.

Methods

child(self, size_type index)

Get a child column of this column.

children(self)

The children of the column.

data(self)

The data buffer of the column.

from_scalar(Scalar slr, size_type size)

Create a Column from a Scalar.

list_view(self)

Accessor for methods of a Column that are specific to lists.

null_count(self)

The number of null elements in the column.

null_mask(self)

The null mask of the column.

num_children(self)

The number of children of this column.

offset(self)

The offset of the column.

size(self)

The number of elements in the column.

type(self)

The type of data in the column.

child(self, size_type index) Column#

Get a child column of this column.

Parameters:
indexsize_type

The index of the child column to get.

Returns:
Column

The child column.

children(self) list#

The children of the column.

data(self) gpumemoryview#

The data buffer of the column.

static from_scalar(Scalar slr, size_type size)#

Create a Column from a Scalar.

Parameters:
slrScalar

The scalar to create a column from.

sizesize_type

The number of elements in the column.

Returns:
Column

A Column containing the scalar repeated size times.

list_view(self) ListColumnView#

Accessor for methods of a Column that are specific to lists.

null_count(self) size_type#

The number of null elements in the column.

null_mask(self) gpumemoryview#

The null mask of the column.

num_children(self) size_type#

The number of children of this column.

offset(self) size_type#

The offset of the column.

size(self) size_type#

The number of elements in the column.

type(self) DataType#

The type of data in the column.

class cudf._lib.pylibcudf.column.ListColumnView(Column col)#

Accessor for methods of a Column that are specific to lists.

Methods

child(self)

The data column of the underlying list column.

offsets(self)

The offsets column of the underlying list column.

child(self)#

The data column of the underlying list column.

offsets(self)#

The offsets column of the underlying list column.