Add collect_column to dataframe #1302
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Which issue does this PR close?
Closes #1288
Rationale for this change
This PR adds a function to extract a single column of data from a dataframe and return it as a pyarrow array. It is based on user feedback that they must go through complicated lengths to get access to this data.
What changes are included in this PR?
collect_columnfunction to DataFrameAre there any user-facing changes?
This is a new API. No existing APIs have been modified.