Inserting missing columns
One year's extracted file is missing the pub column (publisher), but the team still wants to scan both files as one dataset. Pick the right argument so Polars inserts null where a column is missing instead of failing.
polars is loaded as pl, and the directory is in DRIFT_DIR. The header of each file is printed for you, so you can see the schema difference.
Latihan ini merupakan bagian dari kursus
Scaling and Optimizing Data Pipelines with Polars
Instruksi latihan
- Use a glob pattern to scan every
seattle_*.csvfile inDRIFT_DIR. - Add the right argument so Polars inserts nulls for columns that are missing in some files.
Latihan interaktif langsung praktik
Cobalah latihan ini dengan melengkapi kode contoh ini.
# Scan both yearly files as one combined dataset
combined = pl.scan_csv(
str(DRIFT_DIR / "____"),
try_parse_dates=True,
# Insert missing columns instead of failing on schema differences
____="____",
)
result = combined.select("date", "format", "title", "pub").collect()
print("First rows (from 2023 file):")
print(result.head(3))
print("\nLast rows (from 2024 file):")
print(result.tail(3))