% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand % Please edit documentation in R/expression.R \name{Expression} \alias{Expression} \title{Arrow expressions} \description{ \code{Expression}s are used to define filter logic for passing to a \link{Dataset} \link{Scanner}. \code{Expression$scalar(x)} constructs an \code{Expression} which always evaluates to the provided scalar (length-1) R value. \code{Expression$field_ref(name)} is used to construct an \code{Expression} which evaluates to the named column in the \code{Dataset} against which it is evaluated. \code{Expression$create(function_name, ..., options)} builds a function-call \code{Expression} containing one or more \code{Expression}s. }