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Antoine Pitrou commented on ARROW-14314:
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[~ArianaVillegas] Nulls in a dictionary array can be represented in two
different ways:
* nulls in the dictionary values, e.g.:
{code}
values: ['a', null, 'b', 'c']
indices: [0, 1, 1, 0, 2, 3]
{code}
* nulls in the dictionary indices, e.g.:
{code}
values: ['a', 'b', 'c']
indices: [0, null, null, 0, 1, 2]
{code}
Also, it can be a mixture of both, such as:
{code}
values: ['a', null, 'b', 'c']
indices: [0, 1, null, 0, 2, 3]
{code}
> [C++] Sorting dictionary array not implemented
> ----------------------------------------------
>
> Key: ARROW-14314
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-14314
> Project: Apache Arrow
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: C++
> Reporter: Neal Richardson
> Priority: Major
> Labels: kernel
> Fix For: 9.0.0
>
>
> From R, taking the stock {{mtcars}} dataset and giving it a dictionary type
> column:
> {code}
> mtcars %>%
> mutate(cyl = as.factor(cyl)) %>%
> Table$create() %>%
> arrange(cyl) %>%
> collect()
> Error: Type error: Sorting not supported for type dictionary<values=string,
> indices=int8, ordered=0>
> ../src/arrow/compute/kernels/vector_array_sort.cc:427 VisitTypeInline(type,
> this)
> ../src/arrow/compute/kernels/vector_sort.cc:148
> GetArraySorter(*physical_type_)
> ../src/arrow/compute/kernels/vector_sort.cc:1206 sorter.Sort()
> ../src/arrow/compute/api_vector.cc:259 CallFunction("sort_indices", {datum},
> &options, ctx)
> ../src/arrow/compute/exec/order_by_impl.cc:53 SortIndices(table, options_,
> ctx_)
> ../src/arrow/compute/exec/sink_node.cc:292 impl_->DoFinish()
> ../src/arrow/compute/exec/exec_plan.cc:297 iterator_.Next()
> ../src/arrow/record_batch.cc:318 ReadNext(&batch)
> ../src/arrow/record_batch.cc:329 ReadAll(&batches)
> {code}
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