pyarrow.from_numpy_dtype#

pyarrow.from_numpy_dtype(dtype)#

Convert NumPy dtype to pyarrow.DataType.

Parameters:
dtypethenumpydtype toconvert

Examples

Create a pyarrow DataType from NumPy dtype:

>>>importpyarrowaspa>>>importnumpyasnp>>>pa.from_numpy_dtype(np.dtype('float16'))DataType(halffloat)>>>pa.from_numpy_dtype('U')DataType(string)>>>pa.from_numpy_dtype(bool)DataType(bool)>>>pa.from_numpy_dtype(np.str_)DataType(string)