Ge_or_rhs_null

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title: Ge or rhs null permalink: /Ge_or_rhs_null/

Ordering functions greater than or equal to or right side has null values

syntax

• ge_or_rhs_null(a, b)

definition

ge_or_rhs_null(a, b) results in a boolean data item indicating if the values of data item a are greater than or equals to the corresponding values of data item b or if the values of data item a are null.

description

The comparison with missing values in data item a results in the value True (except for null values in data item b).

applies to

Data items with Numeric, string or bool value type

conditions

1. Domain of the arguments must match or be void (literals or parameters can be compared to data items of any domain).
2. Arguments must have matching:
   • value type
   • metric

since version

5.15

example

attribute geAB(CDomain) := ge_or_rhs_null(A, B);

A	B		gtAB
0	0		True
1	2		False
2.5	2.5		True
-100	100		False
999	-999		True
null	0		False
null	null		False
0	null		True
null	100		False
100	null		True

CDomain, nr of rows = 10

see also

• greater than or equals to