ibis.expr.api.ValueExpr.cast

ValueExpr.cast(target_type)

Cast value(s) to indicated data type. Values that cannot be successfully casted

Parameters:

target_type : data type name

Returns:

cast_expr : ValueExpr

Notes

Ibis uses its own type aliases that map onto database types. See, for example, the correspondence between Ibis type names and Impala type names:

Ibis type Impala Type ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ int8 TINYINT int16 SMALLINT int32 INT int64 BIGINT float FLOAT double DOUBLE boolean BOOLEAN string STRING timestamp TIMESTAMP decimal(p, s) DECIMAL(p,s) interval(u) INTERVAL(u)