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Macro Language Elements
The section contains detailed specifications for all 1010data Macro Language elements.
Data Transformation
Data transformation operations use functions and expressions to functionally alter tabular data. These operations take 0, 1, or 2 tables as input and produce a single table as a result.
<stats:>
The <stats:> package provides more advanced statistics operations.
<stats:boxplot>
Computes the lo, first quartile, median, 3rd quartile, and hi values for a text or numeric column.

Macro Language Elements
The section contains detailed specifications for all 1010data Macro Language elements.
- Data Transformation
  Data transformation operations use functions and expressions to functionally alter tabular data. These operations take 0, 1, or 2 tables as input and produce a single table as a result.
  - <amend>
    Update a specified value, or column of values, either by entering a new value or by using an expression. The expression can be applied to the column the value is in or to another column.
  - <base>
    <base> is the concrete macro operation that represents the action of opening the initial table.
  - <col>
    <col> changes the display attributes of a column in a table. It does not change the name of a column, but it does change the heading, as an example.
  - <colord>
    <colord> tells the system which columns to display and in what order.
  - <cols>
    Modifies the metadata of multiple columns at once, based on a query result or formatted tabular input.
  - <columns>
    <columns> is a special operation that retrieves column information from a table.
  - <directory>
    <directory> returns a table that provides information about the child objects of a particular folder. These include any tables, folders, and queries that have been saved to that folder.
  - <find>
    Efficiently finds (without selecting) the first n rows, between the specified row numbers, where the specified Boolean value expression is true.
  - <ignore>
    <ignore> encases code in a Macro Language query that should not be executed by the system.
  - <link>
    Link a foreign table to a base table or worksheet. Both tables must share a column on which to link.
  - <materialize>
    Creates a new physical table.
  - <merge>
    Merge a table to another table or worksheet.
  - <meta>
    <meta> allows settings to be made at the level of an individual query (and saved along with the query).
  - <note>
    <note> may be used to place a comment in the Macro Language. The contents of the element is any standard text.
  - <sel>
    Select the rows relevant to your analysis.
  - <sort>
    Changes the order in which rows appear in a table by sorting according to the values in a column.
  - <stats:>
    The <stats:> package provides more advanced statistics operations.
    - <stats:bin_column>
      Computes bin locations and bin counts/density.
    - <stats:bin_numeric_2d>
      Computes 2-dimensional binning.
    - <stats:boxplot>
      Computes the lo, first quartile, median, 3rd quartile, and hi values for a text or numeric column.
  - <table>
    <table> is a special operation that creates a temporary table within the scope of a query.
  - <tabu>
    <tabu> defines a tabulation or cross-tabulation.
  - <transpose>
    <transpose> results in a table in which the rows from the original table are its columns and the columns from the original table are its rows.
  - <willbe>
    Define a new computed column in an existing worksheet with a value expression.
- Blocks
  Blocks allow users to reuse sections of Macro Language code and to parameterize values in that code for greater flexibility and power.
- Application Development

<stats:boxplot>

Computes the lo, first quartile, median, 3rd quartile, and hi values for a text or numeric column.

Description

<stats:boxplot> computes some basic statistics for a text or numeric column, as might be needed for a box plot. It acts similarly to a tabulation and computes five columns: q0, q25, q50, q75, and q100, for the minimum, the first quartile, the median, the third quartile, and the maximum values, respectively.

(Available as of version 21.00)

Syntax

<stats:boxplot breaks="[BREAKS]" column="[COLUMN]" approx="0|1" placeholder="[NAME]"/>

Attributes

breaks: Perform boxplot for column COL for each break.
column: Column to compute quantiles.
approx: If 1, uses tdigest method to compute quantiles; defaults to 0.
placeholder: Convenience attribute. Will create column with name equal to COL and value equal to NAME