CDEF operators SHIFT, SQRT, SORT, and REV (reverse). See documentation for what

[rrdtool.git] / doc / rrdgraph_rpn.src

diff --git a/doc/rrdgraph_rpn.src b/doc/rrdgraph_rpn.src
index 7952a3f..ae1a91b 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/rrdgraph_rpn.src
+++ b/doc/rrdgraph_rpn.src
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 =include name
 
-=head1 SYNOPSYS
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
 
 I<E<lt>RPN expressionE<gt>> := 
 I<E<lt>vnameE<gt>>|I<E<lt>operatorE<gt>>|I<E<lt>valueE<gt>>
@@ -42,16 +42,12 @@ would do C<a = b, 3, +, 5, *> and need no parentheses.
 
 B<LT, LE, GT, GE, EQ, NE>
 
-I<Note: NE is not yet implemented>
-
 Pop two elements from the stack, compare them for the selected condition
 and return 1 for true or 0 for false. Comparing an I<unknown> or an
 I<infinite> value will always result in 0 (false).
 
 B<UN, ISINF>
 
-I<Note: ISINF is not yet implemented>
-
 Pop one element from the stack, compare this to I<unknown> respectively
 to I<positive or negative infinity>. Returns 1 for true or 0 for false.
 
@@ -98,9 +94,13 @@ B<+, -, *, /, %>
 
 Add, subtract, multiply, divide, modulo
 
-B<SIN, COS, LOG, EXP>
+B<SIN, COS, LOG, EXP, SQRT>
+
+Sine, cosine (input in radians), log, exp (natural logarithm), square root
+
+B<ATAN>
 
-Sine, cosine (input in radians), log, exp (natural logarithm)
+Arctangent. Output in radians.
 
 B<FLOOR, CEIL>
 
@@ -108,6 +108,18 @@ Round down,up to the nearest integer
 
 Z<>
 
+=item Ordering Operations
+
+B<SORT, REV>
+
+Pop one element from the stack.  This is the I<count> of items to be sorted
+(or reversed).  The top I<count> of the remaining elements are then sorted
+(or reversed) in place on the stack.
+
+Example: C<CDEF:x=v1,v2,v3,v4,v5,v6,6,SORT,POP,5,REV,POP,+,+,+,4,/> will
+compute the average of the values v1..v6 after removing the smallest and
+largest.
+
 =item Special values
 
 B<UNKN>
@@ -127,6 +139,20 @@ set or otherwise the result of this B<CDEF> at the previous time
 step. This allows you to do calculations across the data.  This
 function cannot be used in B<VDEF> instructions.
 
+B<PREV(vname)>
+
+Pushes an I<unknown> value if this is the first value of a data
+set or otherwise the result of vname variable at the previous time
+step. This allows you to do calculations across the data.  This
+function cannot be used in B<VDEF> instructions.
+
+B<COUNT>
+
+Pushes the number 1 if this is the first value of the data set, the 
+number 2 if it is the second, and so on. This special value, allows 
+you to make calculations based on the position of the value within 
+the data set. This function cannot be used in B<VDEF> instructions.
+
 Z<>
 
 =item Time
@@ -191,7 +217,7 @@ Z<>
 =item MAXIMUM, MINIMUM, AVERAGE
 
 Return the corresponding value, MAXIMUM and MINIMUM also return
-the first occurance of that value in the time component.
+the first occurrence of that value in the time component.
 
 Example: C<VDEF:avg=mydata,AVERAGE>
 
@@ -201,7 +227,7 @@ Z<>
 
 Return the last,first value including its time.  The time for
 FIRST is actually the start of the corresponding interval, where
-LASTs time component returns the end of the corresponding interval.
+the LAST time component returns the end of the corresponding interval.
 
 Example: C<VDEF:first=mydata,FIRST>
 
@@ -209,7 +235,7 @@ Z<>
 
 =item TOTAL
 
-Returns the rate from each defined timeslot multiplied with the
+Returns the rate from each defined time slot multiplied with the
 step size.  This can for instance return total bytes transfered
 when you have logged bytes per second. The time component returns
 the amount of seconds