datatable.Frame.to_jay()

datatable.Frame.

to_jay

(

path=None

,

method='auto'

)

source

Save this frame to a binary file on disk, in .jay format.

Parameters

path

str | None

The destination file name. Although not necessary, we recommend using extension “.jay” for the file. If the file exists, it will be overwritten. If this argument is omitted, the file will be created in memory instead, and returned as a bytes object.

method

'mmap' | 'write' | 'auto'

Which method to use for writing the file to disk. The “write” method is more portable across different operating systems, but may be slower. This parameter has no effect when path is omitted.

return

None | bytes

If the path parameter is given, this method returns nothing. However, if path was omitted, the return value is a bytes object containing encoded frame’s data.