ak.from_arrow

Defined in awkward.operations.convert on line 2576.

ak.from_arrow(array, highlevel=True, behavior=None)
Parameters

  • (pyarrow.Array (array) – or pyarrow.Table): Apache Arrow array to convert into an Awkward Array.

  • pyarrow.ChunkedArray – or pyarrow.Table): Apache Arrow array to convert into an Awkward Array.

  • pyarrow.RecordBatch – or pyarrow.Table): Apache Arrow array to convert into an Awkward Array.

:paramor pyarrow.Table): Apache Arrow array to convert into an

Awkward Array.

Parameters

  • highlevel (bool) – If True, return an ak.Array; otherwise, return a low-level ak.layout.Content subclass.

  • behavior (None or dict) – Custom ak.behavior for the output array, if high-level.

Converts an Apache Arrow array into an Awkward Array.

Arrow arrays can maintain the distinction between “option-type but no elements are missing” and “not option-type” at all levels except the top level. Arrow tables can maintain the distinction at all levels. However, note that there is no distinction between ?union[X, Y, Z]] type and union[?X, ?Y, ?Z] type. Be aware of these type distinctions when passing data through Arrow or Parquet.

See also ak.to_arrow, ak.to_arrow_table.