as_record_batch function

Convert an object to an Arrow RecordBatch

Whereas record_batch() constructs a RecordBatch from one or more columns, as_record_batch() converts a single object to an Arrow RecordBatch .

as_record_batch(x, ..., schema = NULL)

## S3 method for class 'RecordBatch'
as_record_batch(x, ..., schema = NULL)

## S3 method for class 'Table'
as_record_batch(x, ..., schema = NULL)

## S3 method for class 'arrow_dplyr_query'
as_record_batch(x, ...)

## S3 method for class 'data.frame'
as_record_batch(x, ..., schema = NULL)

Arguments

• x: An object to convert to an Arrow RecordBatch
• ...: Passed to S3 methods
• schema: a Schema , or NULL (the default) to infer the schema from the data in .... When providing an Arrow IPC buffer, schema is required.

Returns

A RecordBatch

Examples

# use as_record_batch() for a single object
as_record_batch(data.frame(col1 = 1, col2 = "two"))

# use record_batch() to create from columns
record_batch(col1 = 1, col2 = "two")