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COMPUTE_FIELD_STATISTICS Function

Syntax

Arguments

fully_qualified_object_nameCharacter

The address of a child object on a form or browse.

Returns

OutputStringCharacter

Returns the computed statistics as a CR-LF delimited list.

Description

Computes statistics for the field bound to the fully_qualified_object_name.

Discussion

The COMPUTE_FIELD_STATISTICS() function returns a dot variable, with all of the relevant statistics (e.g. count, minimum, maximum, total, average, etc.) for the field that is bound to the Fully_Qualified_Object_Name. For example:

Example

objname= ":test_form:BROWSE1:item_total"
stats = compute_field_statistics(objname)

?stats
= Average = 106.659000
count = 10.000000
First = 35.910000
Last = 0.000000
Maximum = 235.520000
Minimum = 0.000000
Standard = 79.411404
Total = 1066.590000
Variance = 6306.171069

COMPUTE_FIELD_STATISTICS() references the current selection of records. If the form is filtered for some subset of records then the statistics are based on only those records.

See Also

• Field Methods
• Field Functions