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Alessandro Molina commented on ARROW-14242:
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I agree with the description, I think that the expected behaviour (from user
point of view) is to indent the internal items, not to indent the whole string.
> [Python] Array.to_string exposes confusing "indent" parameter
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> Key: ARROW-14242
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-14242
> Project: Apache Arrow
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Python
> Reporter: David Li
> Priority: Major
> Labels: good-first-issue
> Fix For: 7.0.0
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> Despite the description, the "indent" parameter of Array.to_string [indents
> the entire string, not the
> items|https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/11339#issuecomment-936571361] as
> one might expect by analogy to (for instance) json.dump(s). It should pass
> this parameter to PrettyPrintOptions.indent_size, not indent.
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