sum()

Here’s how to use sum() function.

A .sum( x )

Description:

Compute x with each member of the sequence and compute the sum of the members of the new sequence.

Syntax:

A.sum(x)

Equivalent to A.(x).sum()

Note:

  The function loops through members of sequence A to compute expression x and returns the sum of members of the resulting sequence.

Parameters:

A	A sequence
x	Generally an expression of a single field name, or a legal expression composed of multiple field names. The computed result of the expression is numeric data type.

Return value:

A numeric value

Special Note:

  Take a null value as zero

Example:

	A
1	=demo.query("select * from EMPLOYEE")
2	=A1.sum(SALARY)	Sum up the salaries of all employees
3	=A1.(SALARY+100).sum()	Add 100 to the salary of each employee and then sum up all the employees’ salaries

Related functions:

  A.sum()

A .sum()

Description:

Compute the sum of members of a sequence.

Syntax:

A.sum()

Equivalent to sum(x1,…,xn)

Note:

  The function computes the sum of members in sequence A; skip those members that are not numerical values.

Parameters:

A	A sequence

Return value:

The sum of all members in sequence A

Special Note:

  Take a null value as zero

Example:

	A
1	=[1,2,3,4].sum()	10
2	=[2,null,3,4].sum()	9  Take the null value as zero
3	=[2, 3,4,"2323ads"].sum()	9  Ignore the non-numerical members
4	=sum(1,2,3,4)	10

Related functions:

A.count()

A.avg()

A.min()

A.max()

 

A.sum(x)