Functions

Functions are extensions to expressions that allow data processing and conversion. Here is a list of all defined functions

Boolean functions

bool

Syntax

bool(dynamic value)

Returns

Returns the truth value of the input. Accepts anything as input and will return true if value is either a non-zero number, a non-empty string (with some exceptions, see below), a non-empty device list, a non-empty date/time/datetime

boolean

This is an alias of bool

contains

Syntax

contains(string haystack, string needle)

Returns

Returns true if the needle is found anywhere in the haystack

endsWith

Syntax

endsWith(string haystack, string needle)

Returns

Returns true if haystack ends with the needle

eq

Syntax

eq(dynamic value1, dynamic value2)

Returns

Returns true if value1 is equivalent to value2

ge

Syntax

ge(dynamic value1, dynamic value2)

Returns

Returns true if value1 is greater than or equal to value2

gt

Syntax

gt(dynamic value1, dynamic value2)

Returns

Returns true if value1 is greater than value2

isBetween

Syntax

isBetween(dynamic value, dynamic startValue, dynamic startValue)

Returns

Returns true if value is greater then or equal to startValue and less than or equal to endValue

isEmpty

Syntax

isEmpty(dynamic value)

Returns

Returns true if value is not set, an empty string, or zero

le

Syntax

le(dynamic value1, dynamic value2)

Returns

Returns true if value1 is less than or equal to value2

lt

Syntax

lt(dynamic value1, dynamic value2)

Returns

Returns true if value1 is less than value2

not

Syntax

not(dynamic value)

Returns

Returns the negated truth state of value. This is the logical negation of bool(dynamic value).

startsWith

Syntax

startsWith(string haystack, string needle)

Returns

Returns true if haystack starts with the needle

Date functions

date

Syntax

date(datetime value)

Returns

Returns the date portion of value by stripping off time information.

Datetime

addDays(dateTime, days)

returns the value as a Datetime type

addHours(dateTime, hours)

returns the value as a Datetime type

addMinutes(dateTime, minutes)

returns the value as a Datetime type

addSeconds(dateTime, seconds)

returns the value as a Datetime type

addWeeks(dateTime, weeks)

returns the value as a Datetime type

Decimal

avg(values)

calculates the average of a series of numeric values

ceil()

//todo

ceiling(decimal or string)

converts a decimal value to it's closest higher integer value

celsius(temperature)

converts temperature from Fahrenheit to Celsius

decimal(integer or string)

converts an integer value to it's decimal value

dewPoint(temperature, relativeHumidity[, scale])

returns the calculated dew point temperature

fahrenheit([Sensor;temperature])

converts temperature from Celsius to Fahrenheit

float()

//todo

floor(decimal or string)

converts a decimal value to it's closest lower integer value

max(values)

calculates the maximum of a series of numeric values

median(values)

returns the value in the middle of a sorted array

min(values)

calculates the minimum of a series of numeric values

number()

//todo

power(integer or decimal or string, power)

converts a decimal value to it's power decimal value

round(decimal or string, [precision])

converts a decimal value to it's rounded value

sqr(integer or decimal or string)

converts a decimal value to it's square decimal value

sqrt(integer or decimal or string)

converts a decimal value to it's square root decimal value

stdev(values)

calculates the standard deviation of a series of numeric values

sum(values)

calculates the sum of a series of numeric values

variance(values)

calculates the standard deviation of a series of numeric values

Dynamic

if(condition, valueIfTrue, valueIfFalse)

evaluates a boolean and returns value1 if true, or value2 otherwise

least(values)

returns the value that is least found a series of numeric values

most(values)

returns the value that is most found a series of numeric values

previousValue([device;attribute])

returns the previous value of the attribute

Integers

age([device;attribute])

returns the number of milliseconds an attribute had the current value

count(values)

calculates the number of true/non-zero/non-empty items in a series of numeric values

int()

//todo

integer(decimal or string)

converts a decimal value to it's integer value

newer([device;attribute],[...], [device;attribute], threshold)

returns the number of devices whose attribute had the current value for less than the specified number of milliseconds

older([device;attribute],[...], [device;attribute], threshold)

returns the number of devices whose attribute had the current value for more than the specified number of milliseconds

previousAge([device;attribute])

returns the number of milliseconds an attribute had the previous value

String

concat(string1, string2)

returns two strings appended together

Example: concat("hello ", "world") or concat("hello", " ", "world") outputs hello world

format(format string, values)

Usage:

formatString is a Java printf() type format string (see Reference)

values is a dynamic length list of values (one entry for each % in the format string)

returns a string with the placeholders replaced with the appropriately formatted values

Example: format('The temperature outside is %.2f degrees Fahrenheit', [Temp sensor:temperature]) outputs The temperature outside is 71.26 degrees Fahrenheit

formatDuration(value[, friendly = false[, granularity = 's'[, showAdverbs = false]]])

Usage:

value is a number of milliseconds

friendly = true/false (false >>> 0d 00:00:00.000, true >>> so many days, so many hours, etc)

granularity = one of ms, s, m, h, d (smallest part displayed)

showAdverbs = true/false, true adds the in .... or .... ago to friendly times

returns a nicely formatted string of time

eg: formatDuration(12029) - 00:00:12 | formatDuration(12029, true) - 12 seconds | formatDuration(12029, true, "m") - 0 minutes | formatDuration(12029, true, "ms", true) - in 12 seconds and 29 milliseconds

left(string, count)

returns a substring of a value

Example1: left("hello world", 3) outputs hel

Example2: left("hello world", 7) outputs hello w

lower(string)

returns a lower case value of a string

Example: lower("HELLO WORLD") outputs hello world

mid(string, start, count)

returns a substring of a value

returns characters (including spaces) specified by count after start position from string

Example1: mid("hello world", 3, 4) returns lo w

Example2: mid("hello world", 6, 3) returns wor

replace(string, search, replace[, [..], search, replace])

replaces a search text inside of a value

Example1: replace("hello world", "world", "earth") returns hello earth

Example2: replace(replace("[hello world]", "\[", "("),"\]",")") returns (hello world)

Note: There are special characters in regular expressions that needs to be escaped or the script will return an error, in the above example [ and ] are special characters.

right(string, count)

returns a substring of a value

sprintf(format, arguments)

formats a series of values into a string

string(anything)

converts a value to it's string value

substring(string, start, count)

returns a substring of a value

text()

//todo

title(string)

returns a title case value of a string

upper(string)

returns an upper case value of a string

Time

time(value)

returns the value as a time type

addSeconds(dateTime, seconds)

adds seconds to time, returns the value as a time type

addMinutes(dateTime, minutes)

adds minutes to time, returns the value as a time type

addHours(dateTime, hours)

adds hours to time, returns the value as a time type

addDays(dateTime, days)

adds days to time, returns the value as a time type

addWeeks(dateTime, weeks)

adds weeks to time, returns the value as a time type