1Statistics::Basic::ModeU(s3e)r Contributed Perl DocumentaSttiaotnistics::Basic::Mode(3)
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NAME

6       Statistics::Basic::Mode - find the mode of a list
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SYNOPSIS

9       Invoke it this way:
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11           my $mode = mode(1,2,3,3);
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13       Or this way:
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15           my $v1  = vector(1,2,3,3);
16           my $mod = mode($v1);
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18       And then either query the values or print them like so:
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20           print "The mod of $v1: $mod\n";
21           my $mq = $mod->query;
22           my $m0 = 0+$mod; # this will croak occasionally, see below
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24       The mode of an array is not necessarily a scalar.  The mode of this
25       vector is a vector:
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27           my $mod = mode(1,2,3);
28           my $v2  = $mod->query;
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30           print "hrm, there's three elements in this mode: $mod\n"
31               if $mod->is_multimodal;
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33       Create a 20 point "moving" mode like so:
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35           use Statistics::Basic qw(:all nofill);
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37           my $sth = $dbh->prepare("select col1 from data where something");
38           my $len = 20;
39           my $mod = mode()->set_size($len);
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41           $sth->execute or die $dbh->errstr;
42           $sth->bind_columns( my $val ) or die $dbh->errstr;
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44           while( $sth->fetch ) {
45               $mod->insert( $val );
46               if( defined( my $m = $mod->query ) ) {
47                   print "Mode: $m\n";
48               }
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50               print "Mode: $mod\n" if $mod->query_filled;
51           }
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METHODS

54       new()
55           The constructor takes a list of values, a single array ref, or a
56           single Statistics::Basic::Vector as arguments.  It returns a
57           Statistics::Basic::Mode object.
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59           Note: normally you'd use the mean() constructor, rather than
60           building these by hand using "new()".
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62       is_multimodal()
63           Statistics::Basic::Mode objects sometimes return
64           Statistics::Basic::Vector objects instead of numbers.  When
65           "is_multimodal()" is true, the mode is a vector, not a scalar.
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67       _OVB::import()
68           This module also inherits all the overloads and methods from
69           Statistics::Basic::_OneVectorBase.
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OVERLOADS

72       This object is overloaded.  It tries to return an appropriate string
73       for the calculation or the value of the computation in numeric context.
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75       In boolean context, this object is always true (even when empty).
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77       If evaluated as a string, Statistics::Basic::Mode will try to format a
78       number (like any other Statistics::Basic object), but if the object
79       "is_multimodal()", it will instead return a Statistics::Basic::Vector
80       for stringification.
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82           $x = mode(1,2,3);
83           $y = mode(1,2,2);
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85           print "$x, $y\n"; # prints: [1, 2, 3], 2
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87       If evaluated as a number, a Statistics::Basic::Mode will raise an error
88       when the object "is_multimodal()".
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AUTHOR

91       Paul Miller "<jettero@cpan.org>"
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94       Copyright 2012 Paul Miller -- Licensed under the LGPL
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SEE ALSO

97       perl(1), Statistics::Basic, Statistics::Basic::_OneVectorBase,
98       Statistics::Basic::Vector
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102perl v5.28.1                      2012-01-23        Statistics::Basic::Mode(3)
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