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Micah Kornfield commented on ARROW-12099:
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Note there is a flatten o[n list 
array|https://arrow.apache.org/docs/python/generated/pyarrow.ListArray.html#pyarrow.ListArray.flatten]
 which sounds very similar to explode?

> Explode array column
> --------------------
>
>                 Key: ARROW-12099
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-12099
>             Project: Apache Arrow
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>            Reporter: Malthe Borch
>            Priority: Major
>
> In Apache Spark, 
> [explode|https://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/api/sql/index.html#explode] 
> separates the elements of an array column (or expression) into multiple row.
> This would also work with the existing 
> [flatten|https://arrow.apache.org/docs/python/generated/pyarrow.Table.html#pyarrow.Table.flatten]
>  method to allow fully unnesting a 
> [pyarrow.StructArray|https://arrow.apache.org/docs/python/generated/pyarrow.StructArray.html#pyarrow-structarray].



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