Average(3pm)						  LogReport's Lire Documentation					      Average(3pm)

NAME

       Lire::Average - Lire class that implements the avg operator

SYNOPSIS

	use Lire::Average

DESCRIPTION

       Class that implements the avg operator. This operator will compute the average value of a DLF field in a group of DLF records.

       If the field used by average isn't a numeric fields, the number of different values in that field will be used as the numerator.

       It's possible to compute a weighted average by specifying a weighting field.

       By default, the average is a by record average. It's possible to compute a by different values average. The list of fields that's used to
       determine the different values if speficied in the by-fields attribute.

METHODS

   new( %params )
       Creates a new Lire::Average object. In addition to the values supported by its parents, the by-fields and weight attributes will be
       initialized to the values specified in the %params argument.

   by_fields( [$new_by_fields] )
       Returns the fields that are going to be used to count the different values which will made up the by part of the average.

       This a reference to an array of DLF field names.

       If the $new_by_fields parameter is set, it will be used as the new $by_fields value. It must be an array reference and should only contains
       valid field names for the current report specification's schema.

   weigth( [$new_weight] )
       Returns the DLF field's name by which the values will be multiplied before being summed.

       You can change the weight field by specifying a new name as the $new_weight parameter. Use undef to remove the use of a weighting field.

SEE ALSO

	Lire::ReportSpec(3pm), Lire::ReportOperator(3pm),
	Lire::Aggregator(3pm), Lire::Aggregate(3pm).

AUTHORS

	Francis J. Lacoste <flacoste@logreport.org>
	Wolfgang Sourdeau <wsourdea@logreport.org>

VERSION

       $Id: Average.pm,v 1.17 2008/03/09 19:27:30 vanbaal Exp $

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Stichting LogReport Foundation LogReport@LogReport.org

       This file is part of Lire.

       Lire is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
       Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program (see COPYING); if not, check with
       http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html.

Lire 2.1.1							    2008-03-09							      Average(3pm)