fill() function

fill() replaces all null values in input tables with a non-null value.

Output tables are the same as the input tables with all null values replaced in the specified column.

Function type signature

(<-tables: stream[B], ?column: string, ?usePrevious: bool, ?value: A) => stream[C] where B: Record, C: Record

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Parameters

column

Column to replace null values in. Default is _value.

value

Constant value to replace null values with.

Value type must match the type of the specified column.

usePrevious

Replace null values with the previous non-null value. Default is false.

tables

Input data. Default is piped-forward data (<-).

Examples

• Fill null values with a specified non-null value
• Fill null values with the previous non-null value

Fill null values with a specified non-null value

import "sampledata"

sampledata.int(includeNull: true)
    |> fill(value: 0)

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Input data

Output data

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Fill null values with the previous non-null value

import "sampledata"

sampledata.int(includeNull: true)
    |> fill(usePrevious: true)

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Input data

Output data

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