feat: Adding struct jsonEncode

__tests__/expr.test.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /* eslint-disable newline-per-chained-call */
+
 import pl, { col, lit } from "@polars/index";
 
 const df = () => {
@@ -1469,6 +1470,23 @@ describe("expr.str", () => {
     );
     expect(actual).toFrameStrictEqual(expected);
   });
+  test("struct:renameFields", () => {
+    const actual = pl
+      .DataFrame({
+        objs: [
+          { a: 1, b: 2.0, c: "abc" },
+          { a: 10, b: 20.0, c: "def" },
+        ],
+      })
+      .select(col("objs").struct.renameFields(["a", "b", "c"]));
+    const expected = pl.DataFrame({
+      objs: [
+        { a: 1, b: 2.0, c: "abc" },
+        { a: 10, b: 20.0, c: "def" },
+      ],
+    });
+    expect(actual).toFrameStrictEqual(expected);
+  });
   test("struct:withFields", () => {
     const df = pl.DataFrame({
       objs: [
@@ -1499,6 +1517,23 @@ describe("expr.str", () => {
     );
     expect(actual).toFrameStrictEqual(expected);
   });
+  test("struct:jsonEncode", () => {
+    const actual = pl
+      .DataFrame({
+        a: [
+          { a: [1, 2], b: [45] },
+          { a: [9, 1, 3], b: null },
+        ],
+      })
+      .withColumn(pl.col("a").struct.jsonEncode().alias("encoded"))
+      .toRecords();
+
+    const expected = [
+      { a: { a: [1, 2], b: [45] }, encoded: '{"a":[1.0,2.0],"b":[45.0]}' },
+      { a: { a: [9, 1, 3], b: null }, encoded: '{"a":[9.0,1.0,3.0],"b":null}' },
+    ];
+    expect(actual).toEqual(expected);
+  });
   test("expr.replace", () => {
     const df = pl.DataFrame({ a: [1, 2, 2, 3], b: ["a", "b", "c", "d"] });
     {

polars/lazy/expr/struct.ts

@@ -8,23 +8,122 @@ export interface ExprStruct {
   /**
    * Access a field by name
    * @param name - name of the field
+   * @example
+   * pl.DataFrame({
+         objs: [
+           { a: 1, b: 2.0, c: "abc" },
+           { a: 10, b: 20.0, c: "def" },
+         ],
+       }).select(
+          col("objs").struct.field("b"),
+          col("objs").struct.field("c").as("last")
+        );
+    >>shape: (2, 2)
+    ┌──────┬──────┐
+    │ b    ┆ last │
+    │ ---  ┆ ---  │
+    │ f64  ┆ str  │
+    ╞══════╪══════╡
+    │ 2.0  ┆ abc  │
+    │ 20.0 ┆ def  │
+    └──────┴──────┘
    */
   field(name: string): Expr;
   /**
    * Access a field by index (zero based index)
    * @param index - index of the field (starts at 0)
+   * 
+   * @example
+   * pl.DataFrame({
+         objs: [
+           { a: 1, b: 2.0, c: "abc" },
+           { a: 10, b: 20.0, c: "def" },
+         ],
+       }).select(
+          col("objs").struct.nth(1),
+          col("objs").struct.nth(2).as("last"),
+        );
+    >>shape: (2, 2)
+    ┌──────┬──────┐
+    │ b    ┆ last │
+    │ ---  ┆ ---  │
+    │ f64  ┆ str  │
+    ╞══════╪══════╡
+    │ 2.0  ┆ abc  │
+    │ 20.0 ┆ def  │
+    └──────┴──────┘
    */
   nth(index: number): Expr;
   /**
    * Rename the fields of a struct
    * @param names - new names of the fields
+   * 
+   * @example
+   * pl.DataFrame({
+         objs: [
+           { a: 1, b: 2.0, c: "abc" },
+           { a: 10, b: 20.0, c: "def" },
+         ]}).select(col("objs").struct.renameFields(["a", "b", "c"]));
+    >>shape: (2, 1)
+    ┌───────────────────┐
+    │ objs              │
+    │ ---               │
+    │ struct[3]         │
+    ╞═══════════════════╡
+    │ {1.0,2.0,"abc"}   │
+    │ {10.0,20.0,"def"} │
+    └───────────────────┘
    */
   renameFields(names: string[]): Expr;
   /**
    * Add/replace fields in a struct
    * @param fields - array of expressions for new fields
+   * 
+   * @example
+   * pl.DataFrame({
+         objs: [
+           { a: 1, b: 2.0, c: "abc" },
+           { a: 10, b: 20.0, c: "def" },
+         ],
+         more: ["text1", "text2"],
+         final: [100, null],
+       }).select(
+             col("objs").struct.withFields([
+               pl.lit(null).alias("d"),
+               pl.lit("text").alias("e"),
+             ]),
+             col("objs")
+               .struct.withFields([col("more"), col("final")])
+               .alias("new"),
+           );
+    shape: (2, 2)
+    ┌───────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────┐
+    │ objs                          ┆ new                            │
+    │ ---                           ┆ ---                            │
+    │ struct[5]                     ┆ struct[5]                      │
+    ╞═══════════════════════════════╪════════════════════════════════╡
+    │ {1.0,2.0,"abc",null,"text"}   ┆ {1.0,2.0,"abc","text1",100.0}  │
+    │ {10.0,20.0,"def",null,"text"} ┆ {10.0,20.0,"def","text2",null} │
+    └───────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────┘
    */
   withFields(fields: Expr[]): Expr;
+  /**
+   * Convert this struct to a string column with json values.
+   * 
+   * @example
+   * pl.DataFrame( {"a": [{"a": [1, 2], "b": [45]}, {"a": [9, 1, 3], "b": null}]}
+                 ).withColumn(pl.col("a").struct.jsonEncode().alias("encoded"))
+    shape: (2, 2)
+    ┌──────────────────┬────────────────────────┐
+    │ a                ┆ encoded                │
+    │ ---              ┆ ---                    │
+    │ struct[2]        ┆ str                    │
+    ╞══════════════════╪════════════════════════╡
+    │ {[1, 2],[45]}    ┆ {"a":[1,2],"b":[45]}   │
+    │ {[9, 1, 3],null} ┆ {"a":[9,1,3],"b":null} │
+    └──────────────────┴────────────────────────┘
+   */
+  jsonEncode(): Expr;
 }
 
 export const ExprStructFunctions = (_expr: any): ExprStruct => {
@@ -42,5 +141,8 @@ export const ExprStructFunctions = (_expr: any): ExprStruct => {
       fields = selectionToExprList(fields, false);
       return _Expr(_expr.structWithFields(fields));
     },
+    jsonEncode() {
+      return _Expr(_expr.structJsonEncode());
+    },
   };
 };

src/lazy/dsl.rs

@@ -1535,6 +1535,10 @@ impl JsExpr {
         self.inner.clone().struct_().field_by_name(&name).into()
     }
     #[napi(catch_unwind)]
+    pub fn struct_json_encode(&self) -> JsExpr {
+        self.inner.clone().struct_().json_encode().into()
+    }
+    #[napi(catch_unwind)]
     pub fn struct_rename_fields(&self, names: Vec<String>) -> JsExpr {
         self.inner.clone().struct_().rename_fields(names).into()
     }