Constructor

ArrowDecimalDataTypenew

since: 0.10.0

Declaration [src] 

GArrowDecimalDataType*
garrow_decimal_data_type_new (
  gint32 precision,
  gint32 scale,
  GError** error
)

Description

No description available.

Available since: 0.10.0

Parameters

precision

Type: gint32

The precision of decimal data.

scale

Type: gint32

The scale of decimal data.

error

Type: GError **

The return location for a recoverable error.

The argument can be NULL.
If the return location is not NULL, then you must initialize it to a NULL GError*.
The argument will left initialized to NULL by the constructor if there are no errors.
In case of error, the argument will be set to a newly allocated GError; the caller will take ownership of the data, and be responsible for freeing it.

Return value

Type: GArrowDecimalDataType

The newly created decimal data type on success, NULL on error.

  • GArrowDecimal32DataType is used if precision up to 9
  • GArrowDecimal64DataType is used if precision up to 19
  • GArrowDecimal128DataType is used if precision up to 38
  • GArrowDecimal256DataType is used otherwise.

The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.
The return value can be NULL.