Add string conversion to/from decimal values libcudf APIs

conda/recipes/libcudf/meta.yaml

@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ test:
     - test -f $PREFIX/include/cudf/strings/convert/convert_booleans.hpp
     - test -f $PREFIX/include/cudf/strings/convert/convert_datetime.hpp
     - test -f $PREFIX/include/cudf/strings/convert/convert_durations.hpp
+    - test -f $PREFIX/include/cudf/strings/convert/convert_fixed_point.hpp
     - test -f $PREFIX/include/cudf/strings/convert/convert_floats.hpp
     - test -f $PREFIX/include/cudf/strings/convert/convert_integers.hpp
     - test -f $PREFIX/include/cudf/strings/convert/convert_ipv4.hpp

cpp/include/cudf/fixed_point/fixed_point.hpp

@@ -537,21 +537,23 @@ class fixed_point {
   explicit operator std::string() const
   {
     if (_scale < 0) {
-      int const n = std::pow(10, -_scale);
-      int const f = _value % n;
+      auto const av = std::abs(_value);
+      int const n   = std::pow(10, -_scale);
+      int const f   = av % n;
       auto const num_zeros =
         std::max(0, (-_scale - static_cast<int32_t>(std::to_string(f).size())));
       auto const zeros = std::string(num_zeros, '0');
-      return std::to_string(_value / n) + std::string(".") + zeros +
-             std::to_string(std::abs(_value) % n);
+      auto const sign  = _value < 0 ? std::string("-") : std::string();
+      return sign + std::to_string(av / n) + std::string(".") + zeros + std::to_string(av % n);
     } else {
       auto const zeros = std::string(_scale, '0');
       return std::to_string(_value) + zeros;
     }
   }
-};  // namespace numeric
+};
 
-/** @brief Function for identifying integer overflow when adding
+/**
+ *  @brief Function for identifying integer overflow when adding
  *
  * @tparam Rep Type of integer to check for overflow on
  * @tparam T Types of lhs and rhs (ensures they are the same type)

cpp/include/cudf/strings/convert/convert_fixed_point.hpp

@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+#pragma once
+
+#include <cudf/column/column.hpp>
+#include <cudf/strings/strings_column_view.hpp>
+
+namespace cudf {
+namespace strings {
+/**
+ * @addtogroup strings_convert
+ * @{
+ * @file
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @brief Returns a new fixed-point column parsing decimal values from the
+ * provided strings column.
+ *
+ * Any null entries will result in corresponding null entries in the output column.
+ *
+ * Only characters [0-9] plus a prefix '-' and '+' and a single decimal point
+ * are recognized. When any other character is encountered, the parsing ends
+ * for that string and the current digits are converted into a fixed-point value.
+ *
+ * @code{.pseudo}
+ * Example:
+ * s = ['123', '-876', '543.2', '-0.12']
+ * dt = {DECIMAL32, scale=-2}
+ * fp = to_fixed_point(s, dt)
+ * fp is [123400, -87600, 54320, -12]
+ * @endcode
+ *
+ * Overflow of the resulting value type is not checked.
+ * The scale in the `output_type` is used for setting the integer component.
+ *
+ * @throw cudf::logic_error if `output_type` is not a fixed-point decimal type.
+ *
+ * @param strings Strings instance for this operation.
+ * @param output_type Type of fixed-point column to return including the scale value.
+ * @param mr Device memory resource used to allocate the returned column's device memory.
+ * @return New column of `output_type`.
+ */
+std::unique_ptr<column> to_fixed_point(
+  strings_column_view const& input,
+  data_type output_type,
+  rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr = rmm::mr::get_current_device_resource());
+
+/**
+ * @brief Returns a new strings column converting the fixed-point values
+ * into a strings column.
+ *
+ * Any null entries will result in corresponding null entries in the output column.
+ *
+ * For each value, a string is created in base-10 decimal.
+ * Negative numbers will include a '-' prefix.
+ * The column's scale value is used to place the decimal point.
+ * A negative scale value may add padded zeros after the decimal point.
+ *
+ * @code{.pseudo}
+ * Example:
+ * fp is [110, 222, 3330, -440, -1] with scale = -2
+ * s = from_fixed_point(fp)
+ * s is now ['1.10', '2.22', '33.30', '-4.40', '-0.01']
+ * @endcode
+ *
+ * @throw cudf::logic_error if the `input` column is not a fixed-point decimal type.
+ *
+ * @param input Fixed-point column to convert.
+ * @param mr Device memory resource used to allocate the returned column's device memory.
+ * @return New strings column.
+ */
+std::unique_ptr<column> from_fixed_point(
+  column_view const& input,
+  rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr = rmm::mr::get_current_device_resource());
+
+/**
+ * @brief Returns a boolean column identifying strings in which all
+ * characters are valid for conversion to fixed-point.
+ *
+ * The output row entry will be set to `true` if the corresponding string element
+ * has at least one character in [+-0123456789.]. The optional sign character
+ * must only be in the first position. The decimal point may only appear once.
+ * Also, the integer component must fit within the size limits of the
+ * underlying fixed-point storage type. The value of the integer component
+ * is based on the scale of the `decimal_type` provided.
+ *
+ * @code{.pseudo}
+ * Example:
+ * s = ['123', '-456', '', '1.2.3', '+17E30', '12.34' '.789', '-0.005]
+ * b = is_fixed_point(s)
+ * b is [true, true, false, false, false, true, true, true]
+ * @endcode
+ *
+ * Any null row results in a null entry for that row in the output column.
+ *
+ * @throw cudf::logic_error if the `decimal_type` is not a fixed-point decimal type.
+ *
+ * @param input Strings instance for this operation.
+ * @param decimal_type Fixed-point type (with scale) used only for checking overflow.
+ * @param mr Device memory resource used to allocate the returned column's device memory.
+ * @return New column of boolean results for each string.
+ */
+std::unique_ptr<column> is_fixed_point(
+  strings_column_view const& input,
+  data_type decimal_type              = data_type{type_id::DECIMAL64},
+  rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr = rmm::mr::get_current_device_resource());
+
+/** @} */  // end of doxygen group
+}  // namespace strings
+}  // namespace cudf

cpp/include/cudf/strings/detail/converters.hpp

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2020, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+ * Copyright (c) 2020-2021, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -132,6 +132,25 @@ std::unique_ptr<column> from_durations(column_view const& durations,
                                        rmm::cuda_stream_view stream,
                                        rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr);
 
+/**
+ * @copydoc to_fixed_point(strings_column_view const&,data_type,rmm::mr::device_memory_resource*)
+ *
+ * @param stream CUDA stream used for device memory operations and kernel launches.
+ */
+std::unique_ptr<column> to_fixed_point(strings_column_view const& strings,
+                                       data_type output_type,
+                                       rmm::cuda_stream_view stream,
+                                       rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr);
+
+/**
+ * @copydoc from_fixed_point(strings_column_view const&,rmm::mr::device_memory_resource*)
+ *
+ * @param stream CUDA stream used for device memory operations and kernel launches.
+ */
+std::unique_ptr<column> from_fixed_point(column_view const& integers,
+                                         rmm::cuda_stream_view stream,
+                                         rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr);
+
 }  // namespace detail
 }  // namespace strings
 }  // namespace cudf