Relations

Relations is a simple Python implementation of a relational algebra engine.

Example

Create a relation with a heading (i.e. a list of field names):

>>> import relations
>>> employees = relations.Relation('employee_name', 'dept_name')
>>> employees
<Relation('dept_name', 'employee_name')>

The fields are re-ordered alphabetically, so that the order of values in tuples is consistent between equivalent but separate relations. Add tuples to the relation:

>>> alice = employees.add(employee_name='Alice', dept_name='Finance')
>>> bob = employees.add(employee_name='Bob', dept_name='Sales')
>>> len(employees)
2

A relation is a set; duplicate tuples are considered identical:

>>> _ = employees.add(employee_name='Alice', dept_name='Finance')
>>> len(employees)
2

A relation implements the relational algebra, including the unary operators Select:

>>> finance_emps = employees.select(lambda emp: emp.dept_name == 'Finance')
>>> len(finance_emps)
1

Project:

>>> names = employees.project('employee_name')
>>> names.contains(employee_name='Bob')
True
>>> names.contains(employee_name='Charlie')
False

and Rename:

>>> employees_renamed = employees.rename(name='employee_name')
>>> employees_renamed.contains(name='Bob')
True

It also supports the set operations Union, Intersection and Difference.

Coming Soon

Joins:

• Natural join
• Theta join
• Equijoin
• Semijoin
• Antijoin
• Divide
• Left outer join
• Right outer join
• Full outer join

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