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Neal Richardson updated ARROW-6830:
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    Summary: [R] Select Subset of Columns in read_arrow  (was: Question / 
Feature Request- Select Subset of Columns in read_arrow)

> [R] Select Subset of Columns in read_arrow
> ------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: ARROW-6830
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-6830
>             Project: Apache Arrow
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>          Components: C++, R
>            Reporter: Anthony Abate
>            Priority: Minor
>
> *Note:*  Not sure if this is a limitation of the R library or the underlying 
> C++ code:
> I have a ~30 gig arrow file with almost 1000 columns - it has 12,000 record 
> batches of varying row sizes
> 1. Is it possible at to use *read_arrow* to filter out columns?  (similar to 
> how *read_feather* has a (col_select =... )
> 2. Or is it possible using *RecordBatchFileReader* to filter columns?
>  
> The only thing I seem to be able to do (please confirm if this is my only 
> option) is loop over all record batches, select a single column at a time, 
> and construct the data I need to pull out manually.  ie like the following:
> {code:java}
> for(i in 0:data_rbfr$num_record_batches) {
>     rbn <- data_rbfr$get_batch(i)
>   
>   if (i == 0) 
>   {
>     merged <- as.data.frame(rbn$column(5)$as_vector())
>   }
>   else 
>   {
>     dfn <- as.data.frame(rbn$column(5)$as_vector())
>     merged <- rbind(merged,dfn)
>   }
>     
>   print(paste(i, nrow(merged)))
> } {code}
>  
>  



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