experimental.spread() function

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experimental.spread() returns the difference between the minimum and maximum values in the _value column for each input table.

Function type signature

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Parameters

tables

Input data. Default is piped-forward data (<-).

Examples

Return the difference between minimum and maximum values

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Input data

_time	*tag	_value
2021-01-01T00:00:00Z	t1	-2.18
2021-01-01T00:00:10Z	t1	10.92
2021-01-01T00:00:20Z	t1	7.35
2021-01-01T00:00:30Z	t1	17.53
2021-01-01T00:00:40Z	t1	15.23
2021-01-01T00:00:50Z	t1	4.43

_time	*tag	_value
2021-01-01T00:00:00Z	t2	19.85
2021-01-01T00:00:10Z	t2	4.97
2021-01-01T00:00:20Z	t2	-3.75
2021-01-01T00:00:30Z	t2	19.77
2021-01-01T00:00:40Z	t2	13.86
2021-01-01T00:00:50Z	t2	1.86

Output data

*tag	_value
t1	19.71

*tag	_value
t2	23.6

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