FixedWidthType: FixedWidthType class

FixedWidthTypeR Documentation

FixedWidthType class

Description

FixedWidthType is a base class for data types with a fixed width in bits. This includes all integer types, floating-point types, Boolean, FixedSizeBinary, temporal types (dates, times, timestamps, durations), and decimal types.

R6 Methods

FixedWidthType inherits from DataType, so it has the same methods.

Active bindings

  • ⁠$bit_width⁠: The width of the type in bits


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