Method: Polars::Expr#lt

Defined in:

lib/polars/expr.rb

#lt(other) ⇒ Expr

Method equivalent of "less than" operator expr < other.

Examples:

df = Polars::DataFrame.new(
  {
    "x" => [1.0, 2.0, Float::NAN, 3.0],
    "y" => [2.0, 2.0, Float::NAN, 4.0]
  }
)
df.with_columns(
  Polars.col("x").lt(Polars.col("y")).alias("x < y"),
)
# =>
# shape: (4, 3)
# ┌─────┬─────┬───────┐
# │ x   ┆ y   ┆ x < y │
# │ --- ┆ --- ┆ ---   │
# │ f64 ┆ f64 ┆ bool  │
# ╞═════╪═════╪═══════╡
# │ 1.0 ┆ 2.0 ┆ true  │
# │ 2.0 ┆ 2.0 ┆ false │
# │ NaN ┆ NaN ┆ false │
# │ 3.0 ┆ 4.0 ┆ true  │
# └─────┴─────┴───────┘

Parameters:

• other (Object) —

  A literal or expression value to compare with.

Returns:

• (Expr)

# File 'lib/polars/expr.rb', line 3362

def lt(other)
  self < other
end