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xpressinsight.string

Purpose
Declare the entity to be (or to contain) string (UTF-8 encoded) values. The length (in bytes) of a string scalar (Scalar or Param) must not exceed 1,000,000 bytes. The length of a string in a container (Index, Series, or DataFrame) must not exceed 250,000 characters. A string must not contain the null character. If not specified, the default value of a string scalar is the empty string "".
Synopsis
class xpressinsight.string(BasicType[str])
Example
Example of declaring a scalar entity to be a string. 
>>> my_string: xi.types.Scalar(dtype=xi.string)
... my_string: xi.types.Scalar("Hello World!")
Related topics
BasicType,
Column,
Index,
Param,
Scalar,
Series

Parent Topic Basic Types

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