rare.rst

rare

Table of contents

• Description
• Syntax
• Example 1: Find the least common values in a field
• Example 2: Find the least common values organized by gender

Description

Using rare command to find the least common tuple of values of all fields in the field list.

A maximum of 10 results is returned for each distinct tuple of values of the group-by fields.

Syntax

rare <field-list> [by-clause]

• field-list: mandatory. comma-delimited list of field names.
• by-clause: optional. one or more fields to group the results by.

Example 1: Find the least common values in a field

The example finds least common gender of all the accounts.

PPL query:

od> source=accounts | rare gender;
fetched rows / total rows = 2/2
+------------+
| gender     |
|------------|
| F          |
|------------|
| M          |
+------------+

Example 2: Find the least common values organized by gender

The example finds least common age of all the accounts group by gender.

PPL query:

od> source=accounts | rare age by gender;
fetched rows / total rows = 20/20
+----------+----------+
| gender   | age      |
|----------+----------|
| F        | 29       |
| F        | 20       |
| F        | 23       |
| F        | 25       |
| F        | 37       |
| F        | 38       |
| F        | 40       |
| F        | 27       |
| F        | 36       |
| F        | 24       |
| M        | 27       |
| M        | 24       |
| M        | 34       |
| M        | 38       |
| M        | 28       |
| M        | 39       |
| M        | 21       |
| M        | 30       |
| M        | 25       |
| M        | 29       |
+----------+----------+