ak.str.join_element_wise
------------------------

.. py:module: ak.str.join_element_wise

Defined in `awkward.operations.str.akstr_join_element_wise <https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/blob/ecb41df1a0678f2c38387f6f91203f0122fd0906/src/awkward/operations/str/akstr_join_element_wise.py>`__ on `line 16 <https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/blob/ecb41df1a0678f2c38387f6f91203f0122fd0906/src/awkward/operations/str/akstr_join_element_wise.py#L16>`__.

.. py:function:: ak.str.join_element_wise(*arrays, highlevel=True, behavior=None, attrs=None)


    :param arrays: Array-like data (anything :py:obj:`ak.to_layout` recognizes).
    :param highlevel: If True, return an :py:obj:`ak.Array`; otherwise, return
                  a low-level :py:obj:`ak.contents.Content` subclass.
    :type highlevel: bool
    :param behavior: Custom :py:obj:`ak.behavior` for the output array, if
                 high-level.
    :type behavior: None or dict
    :param attrs: Custom attributes for the output array, if
              high-level.
    :type attrs: None or dict

Broadcasts and concatenates all but the last array of strings in ``arrays``;
the last is used as a separator.

Note: this function does not raise an error if the ``array`` does not
contain any string or bytestring data.

Requires the pyarrow library and calls
`pyarrow.compute.binary_join_element_wise <https://arrow.apache.org/docs/python/generated/pyarrow.compute.binary_join_element_wise.html>`__.

Unlike Arrow's ``binary_join_element_wise``, this function has no ``null_handling``
and ``null_replacement`` arguments. This function's behavior is like
``null_handling="emit_null"`` (Arrow's default). The other cases can be implemented
with Awkward slices, :py:obj:`ak.drop_none`, and :py:obj:`ak.fill_none`.

See also: :py:obj:`ak.str.join`.