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<h1>pyarrow.dataset.Expression<a class="headerlink" href="#pyarrow-dataset-expression" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h1>
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<dt id="pyarrow.dataset.Expression">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="sig-prename descclassname">pyarrow.dataset.</code><code class="sig-name descname">Expression</code><a class="headerlink" href="#pyarrow.dataset.Expression" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pyarrow.lib._Weakrefable</span></code></p>
<dl class="py method">
<dt id="pyarrow.dataset.Expression.__init__">
<code class="sig-name descname">__init__</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">args</span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o">**</span><span class="n">kwargs</span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pyarrow.dataset.Expression.__init__" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Initialize self. See help(type(self)) for accurate signature.</p>
</dd></dl>
<p class="rubric">Methods</p>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="#pyarrow.dataset.Expression.__init__" title="pyarrow.dataset.Expression.__init__"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__init__</span></code></a>(*args, **kwargs)</p></td>
<td><p>Initialize self.</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="#pyarrow.dataset.Expression.assume" title="pyarrow.dataset.Expression.assume"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">assume</span></code></a></p></td>
<td><p>Simplify to an equivalent Expression given assumed constraints.</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="#pyarrow.dataset.Expression.cast" title="pyarrow.dataset.Expression.cast"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cast</span></code></a></p></td>
<td><p>Explicitly change the expression’s data type</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="#pyarrow.dataset.Expression.equals" title="pyarrow.dataset.Expression.equals"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">equals</span></code></a></p></td>
<td><p></p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="#pyarrow.dataset.Expression.is_valid" title="pyarrow.dataset.Expression.is_valid"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">is_valid</span></code></a></p></td>
<td><p>Checks whether the expression is not-null (valid)</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="#pyarrow.dataset.Expression.isin" title="pyarrow.dataset.Expression.isin"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">isin</span></code></a></p></td>
<td><p>Checks whether the expression is contained in values</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="#pyarrow.dataset.Expression.validate" title="pyarrow.dataset.Expression.validate"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">validate</span></code></a></p></td>
<td><p>Validate this expression for execution against a schema.</p></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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<dt id="pyarrow.dataset.Expression.assume">
<code class="sig-name descname">assume</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pyarrow.dataset.Expression.assume" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Simplify to an equivalent Expression given assumed constraints.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt id="pyarrow.dataset.Expression.cast">
<code class="sig-name descname">cast</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pyarrow.dataset.Expression.cast" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Explicitly change the expression’s data type</p>
</dd></dl>
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<dt id="pyarrow.dataset.Expression.equals">
<code class="sig-name descname">equals</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pyarrow.dataset.Expression.equals" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
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<dt id="pyarrow.dataset.Expression.is_valid">
<code class="sig-name descname">is_valid</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pyarrow.dataset.Expression.is_valid" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Checks whether the expression is not-null (valid)</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt id="pyarrow.dataset.Expression.isin">
<code class="sig-name descname">isin</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pyarrow.dataset.Expression.isin" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Checks whether the expression is contained in values</p>
</dd></dl>
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<dt id="pyarrow.dataset.Expression.validate">
<code class="sig-name descname">validate</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pyarrow.dataset.Expression.validate" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Validate this expression for execution against a schema.</p>
<p>This will check that all reference fields are present (fields not in
the schema will be replaced with null) and all subexpressions are
executable. Returns the type to which this expression will evaluate.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>schema</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="pyarrow.Schema.html#pyarrow.Schema" title="pyarrow.Schema"><em>Schema</em></a>) – Schema to execute the expression on.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns</dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p><strong>type</strong> (<em>DataType</em>)</p>
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