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RATIO and RATIO2

RATIO

The RATIO function compares:

  • The scores of two domains.

Or:

  • The scores of two sets.

Or:

  • The score of a domain or set with a given value.

and returns the result of the comparison as a Boolean value.
For sets, the sum of the scores of their domains is considered.

For example, this statement:

RATIO("1.01", "=", 10)

will return True if the score of domain 1.01 is equal to 10.

Again for example, this statement:

RATIO("1.01", "<", "1")

will return True, if the score of domain 1.01 is less than the score of domain 1.

Another example using sets follows. If the categorization results are those listed in the hidden results table and two sets are defined in this way:

setOne:
    1.01
    1.07
    1.15

setTwo:
    1

then:

RATIO(setOne, ">", setTwo)

will return False, because the sum of the scores of the domains in setOne (60 + 10 + 10 = 80) is lower than the sum for setTwo (90).

The syntax is:

RATIO(domain1, operator, domain2)

Or:

RATIO(set1, operator, set2)

Or:

RATIO(domain1, operator, value)

Or:

RATIO(set1, operator, value)

where:

  • domain1 and domain2 are domain names or IDs.
  • set1 and set2 are set variables.
  • value is a number that represents a given score.
  • operator is one of the following operators enclosed in quotation marks:
Operator Description
= Equal
<> Not equal
> Greater than
>= Greater than or equal
< Less than
<= Less than or equal

RATIO2

The RATIO2 function is like RATIO for comparing two domains or sets, with the addition of a threshold parameter.
The score of the first domain or set is not directly compared with the score of the other, but with a given fraction of that score.

For example, if the categorization results are those listed in the hidden results table then:

RATIO2("1.01", "<", 50, "1")

will compare the score of domain 1.01 (60) with the 50% of the score of domain 1 (90 / 2 = 45) and thus return False, because 60 is not less than 45.

The syntax is:

RATIO2(domain1, operator, fraction, domain2)

Or:

RATIO2(set1, operator, fraction, set2)

where:

  • domain1 and domain2 are domain names or IDs.
  • set1 and set2 are set variables.
  • fraction is an integer or decimal number representing a percentage.
  • operator is one of the following operators enclosed in quotation marks:
Operator Description
= Equal
<> Not equal
> Greater than
>= Greater than or equal
< Less than
<= Less than or equal