Count

Function

• Count(array_variable);
• Count(field_variable);
• Count(field_variable, groupby);

Description

This function is used to count the number of a group of values referred to by the first argument. The second argument, if there is one, returns the group by field name.

Arguments

• field_variable
  field_variable is a special variable in Formula. It refers to a group of values of a database field or of a formula field.
• array_variable
  array_variable refers to an array.
• groupby
  groupby can be a constant String to indicate the groupby field name, or a field variable on which the grouping occurs, or a parameter variable that can accept a different value before each execution of a report.

Return type

Returns a Number value.

Examples

• Number x = Count([1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.5, 45.0, 67.0]).
• Number x[6] = [1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.5, 45.0, 67.0];
Number y = Count(x).
• Number x = Count(["str1","str2","str3","str4","str5","str6"]).
• Number x = Count(@dbfield).
• Number x = Count(@formula).
• Number x = Count(@dbfield, "group_field").
• Number x = Count(@formula, @"group_field").
• Number x = Count(@dbfield, @parameter).