polars selector by-dtype for expression

Creates a selector that selects columns by data type.

This command requires a plugin

The polars selector by-dtype command resides in the polars plugin. To use this command, you must install and register nu_plugin_polars. See the Plugins chapter in the book for more information.

Command Type

plugin

Signature

> polars selector by-dtype {flags} ...rest

Parameters

  • ...rest: Data types to select (e.g., i64, f64, str, bool).

Input/output types:

inputoutput
anypolars_selector

Examples

Create a selector for numeric columns

> polars selector by-dtype i64 f64

Double all integer columns using with-column

> [[a b c]; [1 2 "x"] [3 4 "y"]]
                    | polars into-df
                    | polars with-column ((polars selector by-dtype i64) * 2)
                    | polars collect
╭───┬───┬───┬───╮
│ # │ a │ b │ c │
├───┼───┼───┼───┤
│ 0 │ 2 │ 4 │ x │
│ 1 │ 6 │ 8 │ y │
╰───┴───┴───┴───╯