Meta

The following methods are available under the expr.meta attribute.

Expr.meta.eq(other)	Indicate if this expression is the same as another expression.
Expr.meta.has_multiple_outputs()	Indicate if this expression expands into multiple expressions.
Expr.meta.is_column()	Indicate if this expression is a basic (non-regex) unaliased column.
Expr.meta.is_column_selection(*[, ...])	Indicate if this expression only selects columns (optionally with aliasing).
Expr.meta.is_literal(*[, allow_aliasing])	Indicate if this expression is a literal value (optionally aliased).
Expr.meta.is_regex_projection()	Indicate if this expression expands to columns that match a regex pattern.
Expr.meta.ne(other)	Indicate if this expression is NOT the same as another expression.
Expr.meta.output_name(*[, raise_if_undetermined])	Get the column name that this expression would produce.
Expr.meta.pop()	Pop the latest expression and return the input(s) of the popped expression.
Expr.meta.root_names()	Get a list with the root column name.
Expr.meta.serialize([file, format])	Serialize this expression to a file or string in JSON format.
Expr.meta.show_graph(*[, show, output_path, ...])	Format the expression as a Graphviz graph.
Expr.meta.tree_format(*[, return_as_string])	Format the expression as a tree.
Expr.meta.undo_aliases()	Undo any renaming operation like alias or name.keep.
Expr.meta.write_json([file])	Write expression to json.