Field: Create a Field

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Create a Field

Description

Create a Field

Usage

field(name, type, metadata = NULL, nullable = TRUE)

Arguments

name	field name
type	logical type, instance of DataType
metadata	a named character vector or list to attach as field metadata. All values will be coerced to character.
nullable	TRUE if field is nullable

See Also

Field

Examples

field("x", int32())
field("x", int32(), metadata = list(key = "value"))

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