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NAME
Lire::Count - Lire class that implements the count operator
SYNOPSIS
use Lire::Count
DESCRIPTION
Class that implements the count operator. This operator counts the number of DLF records in the current
group.
If the fields attribute is set, the count statistics will be equals to the number of different values
present in the fields specified by that attribute.
Its also possible to express the count as a ratio of the total count for the group or table.
METHODS
new( %params )
Creates a new Lire::Count object. In addition to the values supported by its parents, the fields and
ratio attributes will be initialized to the values specified in the %params argument.
fields( [$new_fields] )
Returns the fields for which we are counting the different values. This a reference to an array of DLF
field names.
If the $new_fields parameter is set, it will be used as the new $fields value. It must be an array
reference and should only contains valid field names for the current report specification's schema.
ratio([$new_ratio])
Returns how the count will be expressed. This can one of three possible values:
none
Default. The absolute count will be used.
group
The count will be expressed as a percentage of the group's count.
table
The count will be expressed as a percentage of the table's total count.
SEE ALSO
Lire::ReportSpec(3pm), Lire::ReportOperator(3pm), Lire::Aggregator(3pm), Lire::Aggregate(3pm).
AUTHOR
Francis J. Lacoste <flacoste@logreport.org>
VERSION
$Id: Count.pm,v 1.16 2008/03/09 19:27:31 vanbaal Exp $
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Stichting LogReport Foundation LogReport@LogReport.org This file is part of Lire. Lire is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program (see COPYING); if not, check with http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html.