Method new_repeated

arrow-array/src/array/byte_array.rs:198–214

Create a new [`GenericByteArray`] where `value` is repeated `repeat_count` times. # Panics This will panic if value's length multiplied by `repeat_count` overflows usize.

(value: impl AsRef<T::Native>, repeat_count: usize)

    /// This will panic if value's length multiplied by `repeat_count` overflows usize.
    ///
    pub fn new_repeated(value: impl AsRef<T::Native>, repeat_count: usize) -> Self {
        let s: &[u8] = value.as_ref().as_ref();
        let value_offsets = OffsetBuffer::from_repeated_length(s.len(), repeat_count);
        let bytes: Buffer = {
            let mut mutable_buffer = MutableBuffer::with_capacity(0);
            mutable_buffer.repeat_slice_n_times(s, repeat_count);

            mutable_buffer.into()
        };

        Self {
            data_type: T::DATA_TYPE,
            value_data: bytes,
            value_offsets,
            nulls: None,
        }
    }

    /// Creates a [`GenericByteArray`] based on an iterator of values without nulls
    pub fn from_iter_values<Ptr, I>(iter: I) -> Self