tustvold commented on code in PR #1832: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/pull/1832#discussion_r894292601
########## arrow/src/compute/kernels/substring.rs: ########## @@ -182,24 +182,66 @@ pub fn substring_by_char<OffsetSize: OffsetSizeTrait>( start: i64, length: Option<u64>, ) -> Result<GenericStringArray<OffsetSize>> { - Ok(array - .iter() - .map(|val| { - val.map(|val| { - let char_count = val.chars().count(); - let start = if start >= 0 { - start.to_usize().unwrap().min(char_count) - } else { - char_count - (-start).to_usize().unwrap().min(char_count) - }; - let length = length.map_or(char_count - start, |length| { - length.to_usize().unwrap().min(char_count - start) - }); + let mut vals = BufferBuilder::<u8>::new(array.value_data().len()); + let mut offsets = BufferBuilder::<OffsetSize>::new(array.len() + 1); + offsets.append(OffsetSize::zero()); + let length = length.map(|len| len.to_usize().unwrap()); + + array.iter().for_each(|val| { Review Comment: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/str/fn.from_utf8_unchecked.html is free and safe in this context FWIW -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: github-unsubscr...@arrow.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org