datafusion_common/utils/string_utils.rs
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18//! Utilities for working with strings
19
20use arrow::array::{Array, AsArray};
21use arrow::datatypes::DataType;
22
23/// Convenient function to convert an Arrow string array to a vector of strings
24pub fn string_array_to_vec(array: &dyn Array) -> Vec<Option<&str>> {
25 match array.data_type() {
26 DataType::Utf8 => array.as_string::<i32>().iter().collect(),
27 DataType::LargeUtf8 => array.as_string::<i64>().iter().collect(),
28 DataType::Utf8View => array.as_string_view().iter().collect(),
29 _ => unreachable!(),
30 }
31}