atoti.MultiColumnArrayConversion#

class atoti.MultiColumnArrayConversion#

Convert an external table where the array values are stored with one element per column to a table with arrays.

When a table has at least 2 columns with names following the pattern "f{prefix}_{index}" (indices being consecutive and starting with 0 or 1), all these columns can be converted into a single array column.

For instance, given a table where a Quantity array is stored on 5 five columns:

PRODUCT

QUANTITY_0

QUANTITY_1

QUANTITY_2

QUANTITY_3

QUANTITY_4

product_1

10

20

15

25

10

product_2

50

65

55

30

80

These columns can be matched with the "QUANTITY" prefix and it will be converted to a table with an array column:

PRODUCT

QUANTITY

product_1

[10,20,15,25,10]

product_2

[50,65,55,30,80]

If several prefixes are passed, a distinct array column will be created for each of them.

column_prefixes: Sequence[str]#

The prefixes of the array element columns in the external table.

One array column per prefix will be created.