daft.functions.coalesce#

def coalesce(*args: Expression) -> Expression:
    """Returns the first non-null value in a list of expressions. If all inputs are null, returns null.

    Args:
        *args: Two or more expressions to coalesce

    Returns:
        Expression: Expression containing first non-null value encountered when evaluating arguments in order

    Examples:
        >>> import daft
        >>> from daft.functions import coalesce
        >>> df = daft.from_pydict({"x": [1, None, 3], "y": [None, 2, None]})
        >>> df = df.with_column("first_valid", coalesce(df["x"], df["y"]))
        >>> df.show()
        ╭───────┬───────┬─────────────╮
        │ x     ┆ y     ┆ first_valid │
        │ ---   ┆ ---   ┆ ---         │
        │ Int64 ┆ Int64 ┆ Int64       │
        ╞═══════╪═══════╪═════════════╡
        │ 1     ┆ None  ┆ 1           │
        ├╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┼╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┼╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┤
        │ None  ┆ 2     ┆ 2           │
        ├╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┼╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┼╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┤
        │ 3     ┆ None  ┆ 3           │
        ╰───────┴───────┴─────────────╯
        <BLANKLINE>
        (Showing first 3 of 3 rows)

    """
    return Expression._from_pyexpr(native.coalesce([arg._expr for arg in args]))

    if len(args) == 0:
        raise ValueError("coalesce requires at least one argument")
    if len(args) == 1:
        return args[0]
    return Expression._from_pyexpr(native.coalesce([arg._expr for arg in args]))