Nth_element

aggregation-functions nth_element

description

This operator returns the value of the nth element of ranked attribute a, which can be done in partition.

syntax

  • nth_element(a, n)
  • nth_element(a, n, relation)

definition

  • nth_element(a, n) results in a parameter with the nth element of the ascending sorted attribute a.
  • nth_element(a, n, relation) results in an attribute with the nth elements of the ascending sorted attribute a, grouped by relation. The domain-unit of the resulting attribute is the values-unit of the relation.

applies to

  • attribute a with numeric (uint2, uint4, uint8, uint32, float32, or bool value-type)
  • attribute n with uint32 value type
  • relation with value-type of the group CanBeDomainUnit

conditions

  1. The values unit of the resulting data-item should match with regard to value type and metric with the values unit of attribute a
  2. The domain of argument a and relation must match,
  3. The domain of argument n must be the same as the resulting domain or n must be a parameter.

since version

5.61

example 

1. parameter<uint32>  nth_elementNrInh                := nth_element(City/NrInhabitants, 2); result = 300
2. attribute<float32> nth_elementNrInhRegion (Region) := 
     nth_element(
          City/NrInhabitants
        , 0
        , City/Region_rel
     );
City/NrInhabitants City/Region_rel
550 0
525 1
300 2
500 1
200 3
175 null
null 3

domain City, nr of rows = 7

nth_elementNrInhRegion
550
500
300
200
null

domain Region, nr of rows = 5

see also