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AGGREGATEFUNCTION

Description

AGGREGATEFUNCTION is used to perform functions on arrays. Functions include counting elements, summing elements and retrieving specific element data from the array.

AGGREGATEFUNCTION Element/Attribute Table

Element	Attribute	Attribute Value	Result
<MathVariable>	TYPE	AGGREGATEFUNCTION	The name of a previously defined array.
	METHOD	COUNT	Returns the number of elements in the array.
		INDEX	Allows the configuror to retrieve specific data from position provided by an additional attribute, INDEX. Whatever the means to provide INDEX with a value, it must be a positive integer less than the number of elements in the array. If not, an exception will occur.
		SUM	Returns the sum of all the elements in the array. The elements of the array must be one of the numeric data types.

XML Example

<MathVariable VARIABLENAME="SegmentCount" TYPE="AGGREGATEFUNCTION" METHOD="COUNT" DATATYPE="INTEGER">Segments</MathVariable>

<MathVariable VARIABLENAME="LastPremiumYear" TYPE="AGGREGATEFUNCTION" METHOD="INDEX" INDEX="PremiumIterations-1" DATATYPE="INTEGER">PremiumYearArray</MathVariable>