[ARROW-4847] [Python] Add pyarrow.table factory function that dispatches to various ctors based on type of input

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.14.0
• Component/s: Python
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/21359
• Assignee: Joris Van den Bossche
• Reporter: Wes McKinney
• Created: 12/Mar/19 21:23
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:36
• Resolved: 26/Jun/19 00:58

Description

For example, in pyarrow.table(df) if df is a pandas.DataFrame, then table will dispatch to pa.Table.from_pandas

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #4601