Method: Polars::Expr#alias

Defined in:

lib/polars/expr.rb

#alias(name) ⇒ Expr

Rename the output of an expression.

Examples:

df = Polars::DataFrame.new(
  {
    "a" => [1, 2, 3],
    "b" => ["a", "b", nil]
  }
)
df.select(
  [
    Polars.col("a").alias("bar"),
    Polars.col("b").alias("foo")
  ]
)
# =>
# shape: (3, 2)
# ┌─────┬──────┐
# │ bar ┆ foo  │
# │ --- ┆ ---  │
# │ i64 ┆ str  │
# ╞═════╪══════╡
# │ 1   ┆ a    │
# │ 2   ┆ b    │
# │ 3   ┆ null │
# └─────┴──────┘

Parameters:

• name (String) —

  New name.

Returns:

• (Expr)

# File 'lib/polars/expr.rb', line 324

def alias(name)
  _from_rbexpr(_rbexpr._alias(name))
end