Equals returns true if two scalars are equal, which means they have the same datatype, validity and value.

GetScalar creates a scalar object from the value at a given index in the passed in array, returns an error if unable to do so.

MakeArrayFromScalar returns an array filled with the scalar value repeated length times.

MakeArrayOfNull creates an array of size length which is all null of the given data type.

MakeIntegerScalar is a helper function for creating an integer scalar of a given bitsize.

MakeNullScalar creates a scalar value of the desired type representing a null value.

MakeScalar creates a scalar of the passed in type via reflection.

MakeScalarParam is for converting a value to a scalar when it requires a parameterized data type such as a time type that needs units, or a fixed size list which needs it's size.

MakeUnsignedIntegerScalar is a helper function for creating an unsigned int scalar of the specified bit width.

ParseScalar parses a string to create a scalar of the passed in type.

Scalar represents a single value of a specific DataType as opposed to an array.