cartodb-postgresql/scripts-available/CDB_QuantileBins.sql
2015-04-14 20:45:37 +02:00

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PL/PgSQL

--
-- Determine the Quantile classifications from a numeric array
--
-- @param in_array A numeric array of numbers to determine the best
-- bins based on the Quantile method.
--
-- @param breaks The number of bins you want to find.
--
--
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION CDB_QuantileBins ( in_array NUMERIC[], breaks INT) RETURNS NUMERIC[] as $$
DECLARE
element_count INT4;
break_size numeric;
tmp_val numeric;
i INT := 1;
reply numeric[];
BEGIN
-- get our unique values
SELECT array_agg(e) INTO in_array FROM (SELECT unnest(in_array) e GROUP BY e ORDER BY e ASC) x;
-- get the total size of our row
element_count := array_length(in_array, 1);
break_size := element_count::numeric / breaks;
-- slice our bread
LOOP
IF i > breaks THEN EXIT; END IF;
SELECT e INTO tmp_val FROM ( SELECT unnest(in_array) e LIMIT 1 OFFSET round(break_size * i) - 1) x;
reply = array_append(reply, tmp_val);
i := i+1;
END LOOP;
RETURN reply;
END;
$$ language plpgsql IMMUTABLE;