polars.Expr.pipe#

Expr.pipe(

function: Callable[Concatenate[Expr, P], T],

*args: P.args,

**kwargs: P.kwargs,

) → T[source]#

Offers a structured way to apply a sequence of user-defined functions (UDFs).

Parameters:

function: Callable; will receive the expression as the first parameter, followed by any given args/kwargs.
*args: Arguments to pass to the UDF.
**kwargs: Keyword arguments to pass to the UDF.

Examples

>>> def extract_number(expr: pl.Expr) -> pl.Expr:
...     """Extract the digits from a string."""
...     return expr.str.extract(r"\d+", 0).cast(pl.Int64)
>>>
>>> def scale_negative_even(expr: pl.Expr, *, n: int = 1) -> pl.Expr:
...     """Set even numbers negative, and scale by a user-supplied value."""
...     expr = pl.when(expr % 2 == 0).then(-expr).otherwise(expr)
...     return expr * n
>>>
>>> df = pl.DataFrame({"val": ["a: 1", "b: 2", "c: 3", "d: 4"]})
>>> df.with_columns(
...     udfs=(
...         pl.col("val").pipe(extract_number).pipe(scale_negative_even, n=5)
...     ),
... )
shape: (4, 2)
┌──────┬──────┐
│ val  ┆ udfs │
│ ---  ┆ ---  │
│ str  ┆ i64  │
╞══════╪══════╡
│ a: 1 ┆ 5    │
│ b: 2 ┆ -10  │
│ c: 3 ┆ 15   │
│ d: 4 ┆ -20  │
└──────┴──────┘