========= Functions

.. currentmodule:: polars

Conversion

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    from_arrow
    from_dataframe
    from_dict
    from_dicts
    from_numpy
    from_pandas
    from_records
    from_repr
    json_normalize

Miscellaneous

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align_frames
concat
union
defer
escape_regex

Multiple queries

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   collect_all
   collect_all_async
   explain_all

Random
~~~~~~
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   set_random_seed
   
Extension Types
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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   register_extension_type
   unregister_extension_type
   get_extension_type

StringCache
~~~~~~~~~~~

Note that the `StringCache` can be used as both a context manager
and a decorator, in order to explicitly scope cache lifetime.

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    StringCache
    enable_string_cache
    disable_string_cache
    using_string_cache