feat(api): add and_ and or_ helpers

docs/api/expressions/top_level.md

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ These methods and objects are available directly in the `ibis` module.
 
 `NA` is the null scalar.
 
+::: ibis.and*
 ::: ibis.array
 ::: ibis.asc
 ::: ibis.case
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ These methods and objects are available directly in the `ibis` module.
 ::: ibis.negate
 ::: ibis.now
 ::: ibis.null
+::: ibis.or*
 ::: ibis.param
 ::: ibis.show_sql
 ::: ibis.random

ibis/expr/api.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import datetime
 import functools
 import itertools
+import operator
 from typing import Iterable, Mapping, Sequence
 from typing import Tuple as _Tuple
 from typing import TypeVar
@@ -115,7 +116,9 @@
 
 __all__ = (
     'aggregate',
+    'and_',
     'array',
+    'asc',
     'case',
     'coalesce',
     'connect',
@@ -124,7 +127,6 @@
     'date',
     'desc',
     'difference',
-    'asc',
     'e',
     'Expr',
     'geo_area',
@@ -194,6 +196,7 @@
     'negate',
     'now',
     'null',
+    'or_',
     'param',
     'pi',
     'prevent_rewrite',
@@ -551,6 +554,44 @@ def asc(expr: ir.Column | str) -> ir.SortExpr | ops.DeferredSortKey:
         return ops.SortKey(expr).to_expr()
 
 
+def and_(*predicates: ir.BooleanValue) -> ir.BooleanValue:
+    """Combine multiple predicates using `&`.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    predicates
+        Boolean value expressions
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    BooleanValue
+        A new predicate that evaluates to True if all composing predicates are
+        True. If no predicates were provided, returns True.
+    """
+    if not predicates:
+        return literal(True)
+    return functools.reduce(operator.and_, predicates)
+
+
+def or_(*predicates: ir.BooleanValue) -> ir.BooleanValue:
+    """Combine multiple predicates using `|`.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    predicates
+        Boolean value expressions
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    BooleanValue
+        A new predicate that evaluates to True if any composing predicates are
+        True. If no predicates were provided, returns False.
+    """
+    if not predicates:
+        return literal(False)
+    return functools.reduce(operator.or_, predicates)
+
+
 @functools.singledispatch
 def timestamp(
     value,

ibis/tests/expr/test_value_exprs.py

@@ -600,6 +600,26 @@ def test_boolean_logical_ops(table, operation):
     assert isinstance(result, ir.BooleanScalar)
 
 
+def test_and_(table):
+    p1 = table.a > 1
+    p2 = table.b > 1
+    p3 = table.c > 1
+    assert ibis.and_().equals(ibis.literal(True))
+    assert ibis.and_(p1).equals(p1)
+    assert ibis.and_(p1, p2).equals(p1 & p2)
+    assert ibis.and_(p1, p2, p3).equals(p1 & p2 & p3)
+
+
+def test_or_(table):
+    p1 = table.a > 1
+    p2 = table.b > 1
+    p3 = table.c > 1
+    assert ibis.or_().equals(ibis.literal(False))
+    assert ibis.or_(p1).equals(p1)
+    assert ibis.or_(p1, p2).equals(p1 | p2)
+    assert ibis.or_(p1, p2, p3).equals(p1 | p2 | p3)
+
+
 def test_null_column():
     t = ibis.table([('a', 'string')], name='t')
     s = t.mutate(b=ibis.NA)