SUMMATION Function

Returns the sum of all elements of a dynamic array.

Syntax

SUMMATION(dyn-array)

Syntax Elements

dyn-array is the name of a dynamic array.

Comments

SUMMATION returns the sum of all numeric elements found in the specified dynamic array. Nonnumeric elements of dyn-array are ignored. Null elements evaluate to zero.

See Also

SUM function.

Examples

• If dynamic array D contains 4]1]6^4^6]1,

  C = SUMMATION(D)

  returns the sum (22) of all the numeric elements of dynamic array D.

• If dynamic array AGES contains 22^34^25^57^54,

  A = SUMMATION(AGES)

  assigns the value 192 (the sum of all the ages) to variable A.

• If dynamic array LIST contains SMITH]JOHN^JONES]BILL^JENKINS]SAM,

  S = SUMMATION(LIST)

  assigns null to S because all nonnumeric values are ignored.