Here is an example code snippet from a .pyx file that successfully iterates
through a CRecordBatch and ensures that the timestamps are ascending:
```
while batch_row_index < batch.get().num_rows():
timestamp = GetResultValue(times.get().GetScalar(batch_row_index))
new_timestamp = <CTimestampScalar*>timestamp.get()
current_timestamp = timestamps[name]
if current_timestamp > new_timestamp.value:
abort()
batch_row_index += 1
```
However, I'm having difficulty operating on the values in a column of string
type. Unlike CTimestampScalar, there is no CStringScalar. Although there is a
StringScalar type in C++, it isn't defined in the Cython interface. There is a
`CStringType` and a `c_string` type.
```
while batch_row_index < batch.get().num_rows():
name = GetResultValue(names.get().GetScalar(batch_row_index))
name_string = <CStringType*>name.get() # This is wrong
printf("%s\n", name_string) # This prints garbage
if name_string == b"Xander": # Doesn't work
print("found it")
batch_row_index += 1
```
How do I get the string value as a C type and compare it to other strings?
Thanks,
Xander
