ntjohnson1 opened a new issue, #1288:
URL: https://github.com/apache/datafusion-python/issues/1288
**Is your feature request related to a problem or challenge? Please describe
what you are trying to do.**
I perform various operations on dataframes but find I have to jump through
hoops if I want to extract individual items.
**Describe the solution you'd like**
I'm not particular on the exact api but looking for something
```python
>>> type(df.column("uuid"))
pa.ChunkedArray # or something workable
```
**Describe alternatives you've considered**
A few candidate examples
`df.select('uuid').distinct().collect()[0][0]`
`df.to_arrow_table()["uuid"]` # just jump out of dataframe early but has
penalty of collecting things I don't need
My issue with collect is that is a series of record batches which is
cumbersome to manage.
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