Lire::Count(3pm)

Lire::Count3pm

Lire class that implements the count operator

Usage

 use Lire::Count

Overview

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.

Version

$Id: Count.pm,v 1.16 2008/03/09 19:27:31 vanbaal Exp $

Releases

6 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 5 times.

  1. 3.1
  2. 4.0
  3. 5.0
  4. 6.0
  5. 7
  6. Arch

Author

Francis J. Lacoste <[email protected]>

From lire 2.1.1-8 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.