polars.Expr.sum

Expr.sum() → Self

Get sum value.

Notes

Dtypes in {Int8, UInt8, Int16, UInt16} are cast to Int64 before summing to prevent overflow issues.

Examples

>>> df = pl.DataFrame({"a": [-1, 0, 1]})
>>> df.select(pl.col("a").sum())
shape: (1, 1)
┌─────┐
│ a   │
│ --- │
│ i64 │
╞═════╡
│  0  │
└─────┘