Will Jones created ARROW-16658:
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Summary: [Python] Support arithmetic on arrays and scalars
Key: ARROW-16658
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-16658
Project: Apache Arrow
Issue Type: Improvement
Components: Python
Affects Versions: 8.0.0
Reporter: Will Jones
I was surprised to find you can't use standard arithmetic operators on PyArrow
arrays and scalars. Instead, one must use the compute functions:
{code:Python}
import pyarrow as pa
arr = pa.array([1, 2, 3])
pc.add(arr, 2)
# Doesn't work:
# arr + 2
# arr + pa.scalar(2)
# arr + arr
pc.multiply(arr, 20)
# Doesn't work:
# 20 * arr
# pa.scalar(20) * arr
{code}
Is it intentional we don't support this?
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