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evaluate code for each row of a fsdb file

Synopsis

    dbroweval [-f CodeFile] code [code...]

Description

Evaluate code for each row of the data.

Typical actions are things like reformatting and other data transformations.

Code can include embedded column names preceded by underscores; these result in the value of that column for the current row.

The values of the last row's columns are retrieved with _last_foo where foo is the column name.

Even more perverse, _columname(N) is the value of the Nth column after columnname [so _columnname(0) is the also the column's value.

Options

-b CODE: Run CODE before reading any data (like awk BEGIN blocks).
-e CODE: Run CODE at the end of all data (like awk END blocks).
-f FILE: Read code from the FILE.
-n or --no-output: no output except for comments and what is in the provided code
-N or --no-output-even-comments: no output at all, except for what is in the provided code
-m or --manual-output: The user must setup output, allowing arbitrary comments. See example 2 below for details.
-w or --warnings: Enable warnings in user supplied code.
--saveoutput $OUT_REF: Save output writer (for integration with other fsdb filters).

This module also supports the standard fsdb options:

-d: Enable debugging output.
-i or --input InputSource: Read from InputSource, typically a file name, or - for standard input, or (if in Perl) a IO::Handle, Fsdb::IO or Fsdb::BoundedQueue objects.
-o or --output OutputDestination: Write to OutputDestination, typically a file name, or - for standard output, or (if in Perl) a IO::Handle, Fsdb::IO or Fsdb::BoundedQueue objects.
--autorun or --noautorun: By default, programs process automatically, but Fsdb::Filter objects in Perl do not run until you invoke the run() method. The --(no)autorun option controls that behavior within Perl.
--header H: Use H as the full Fsdb header, rather than reading a header from then input.
--help: Show help.
--man: Show full manual.

Advanced Usage

Typically dbroweval outputs a line in the same schema for each input line. For advanced usage, one can violate each of these assumptions.

Some fun:

omitting a line: Add the code next row if ($your condition);
outputting an extra line: Call &$write_fastpath_sub($fref). You may find $fref, the input row, useful.
changing the schema: See the examples below in "Command 2: Changing the Schema"

Sample Usage

Input

    #fsdb      size    mean    stddev  pct_rsd
    1024    1.4962e+06      2.8497e+05      19.047
    10240   5.0286e+06      6.0103e+05      11.952
    102400  4.9216e+06      3.0939e+05      6.2863
    #  | dbsetheader size bw
    #  | /home/johnh/BIN/DB/dbmultistats size bw
    #  | /home/johnh/BIN/DB/dbcol size mean stddev pct_rsd

Command

    cat data.fsdb | dbroweval '_mean = sprintf("%8.0f", _mean); _stddev = sprintf("%8.0f", _stddev);'

Output

    #fsdb      size    mean    stddev  pct_rsd
    1024     1496200          284970        19.047
    10240    5028600          601030        11.952
    102400   4921600          309390        6.2863
    #  | dbsetheader size bw
    #  | /home/johnh/BIN/DB/dbmultistats size bw
    #  | /home/johnh/BIN/DB/dbcol size mean stddev pct_rsd
    #  | /home/johnh/BIN/DB/dbroweval   { _mean = sprintf("%8.0f", _mean); _stddev = sprintf("%8.0f", _stddev); }

Command 2: Changing the Schema

By default, dbroweval reads and writes the same format file. The recommended method of adding and removing columns is to do so before or after dbroweval. I.e.,

    cat data.fsdb |
        dbcolcreate divisible_by_ten | 
        dbroweval '_divisible_by_ten = (_size % 10 == 0);' |
        dbrow '_divisible_by_ten == 1' |
        dbcol size mean divisible_by_ten

Another approach is to use the next row command to skip output of a row. I.e., the equivalent:

    cat data.fsdb |
        dbcolcreate divisible_by_ten | 
        dbroweval '_divisible_by_ten = (_size % 10 == 0); next row if (!_divisible_by_ten);' |
        dbcol size mean divisible_by_ten

However, neither of these approachs work very well when the output is a completely different schema.

The recommended method for schema-changing commands is to write a full filter, but a full filter is a bit heavy weight. As an alternative, one can use the -m option to request manual configuration of the output, then use @out_args to define the output schema (it specifies the Fsdb::IO::Writer arguments), and $ofref is the output row. It may also reference <$in>, the input Fsdb::IO::Reader argument, and <$fref> as an aref to the current line. Note that newly created columns do not have underscore-names

Thus a third equivalent is:

    cat data.fsdb | \
        dbroweval -m -b '@out_args = ( -clone => $in, \
                 -cols => ($in->cols, divisible_by_ten); ' \
            'my $div_by_10 = (_size % 10 == 0); \
            $ofref = [ @$fref, $div_by_10 ] if ($div_by_ten);' |
        dbcol size mean divisible_by_ten

    cat data.fsdb | \
        dbroweval -m -b '@out_args = ( -clone => $in, \
                -cols => [qw(size mean divisible_by_ten)] ); ' \
            'my $div_by_10 = (_size % 10 == 0);  \
            $ofref = [ _mean, _size, $div_by_10 ] if ($div_by_ten);'

Finally, one can write different a completely different schema, although it's more work:

    cat data.fsdb | \
        dbroweval -m -b '@out_args = (-cols => [qw(size n)]);' \
            '$ofref = [ _size, 1 ];'

writes different columns, and

    cat data.fsdb | \
        dbroweval -n -m -b '@out_args = (-cols => [qw(n)]);  \
            my $count = 0;' -e '$ofref = [ $count ];' '$count++;'

Is a fancy way to count lines.

The begin code block should setup @out_args to be the arguments to a Fsdb::IO::Writer::new call, and whatever is in $ofref (if anything) is written for each input line, and once at the end.

Command 3: Fun With Suppressing Output

The -n option suppresses default output. Thus, a simple equivalent to tail -1 is:

    dbroweval -n -e '$ofref = $lfref;'

Where $ofref is the output fields, which are copied from $lfref, the hereby documented internal representation of the last row. Yes, this is a bit unappetizing, but, in for a penny with $ofref, in for a pound.

Command 4: Extra Ouptut

Calling &$write_fastpath_sub($fref) will do extra output, so this simple program will duplicate each line of input (one extra output, plus one regular output for each line of input):

    dbroweval  '&$write_fastpath_sub($fref)'