Method slice

arrow-array/src/array/byte_array.rs:362–369

Returns a zero-copy slice of this array with the indicated offset and length.

(&self, offset: usize, length: usize)

    /// Returns a zero-copy slice of this array with the indicated offset and length.
    pub fn slice(&self, offset: usize, length: usize) -> Self {
        Self {
            data_type: T::DATA_TYPE,
            value_offsets: self.value_offsets.slice(offset, length),
            value_data: self.value_data.clone(),
            nulls: self.nulls.as_ref().map(|n| n.slice(offset, length)),
        }
    }

    /// Returns `GenericByteBuilder` of this byte array for mutating its values if the underlying
    /// offset and data buffers are not shared by others.