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new 4359e1915 Code should go into code block (#1994)
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commit 4359e1915d615ede3203f0b7479ea041b28b6cb2
Author: Daniel Javorszky <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Fri Dec 2 15:13:06 2022 +0100
Code should go into code block (#1994)
---
doc/content/en/docs/++version++/Getting started (Python)/_index.md | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/content/en/docs/++version++/Getting started (Python)/_index.md
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--- a/doc/content/en/docs/++version++/Getting started (Python)/_index.md
+++ b/doc/content/en/docs/++version++/Getting started (Python)/_index.md
@@ -125,9 +125,12 @@ We create a DataFileWriter, which we'll use to write
serialized items to a data
* The file we'll serialize to
* A DatumWriter, which is responsible for actually serializing the items to
Avro's binary format (DatumWriters can be used separately from DataFileWriters,
e.g., to perform IPC with Avro).
* The schema we're using. The DataFileWriter needs the schema both to write
the schema to the data file, and to verify that the items we write are valid
items and write the appropriate fields.
+
+```python
writer.append({"name": "Alyssa", "favorite_number": 256})
writer.append({"name": "Ben", "favorite_number": 7, "favorite_color": "red"})
-
+```
+
We use DataFileWriter.append to add items to our data file. Avro records are
represented as Python dicts. Since the field favorite_color has type ["string",
"null"], we are not required to specify this field, as shown in the first
append. Were we to omit the required name field, an exception would be raised.
Any extra entries not corresponding to a field are present in the dict are
ignored.
```python
