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ARF updated ARROW-11665:
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Description:
In pyarrow, the {{decimal128()}} factory takes two parameters, {{precision}}
and {{scale}}.
It is unclear to me, what these parameters are and how to use them.
Unfortunately, the wikipedia entry for Decimal128 does not help either.
was:
In pyarrow, the `decimal128()` factory takes two parameters, `precision` and
`scale`.
It is unclear to me, what these parameters are and how to use them.
Unfortunately, the wikipedia entry for Decimal128 does not help either.
> Document precision and scale parameters of decimal128()
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> Key: ARROW-11665
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-11665
> Project: Apache Arrow
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Documentation, Python
> Reporter: ARF
> Priority: Minor
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> In pyarrow, the {{decimal128()}} factory takes two parameters, {{precision}}
> and {{scale}}.
> It is unclear to me, what these parameters are and how to use them.
> Unfortunately, the wikipedia entry for Decimal128 does not help either.
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