regr_avgy
aggregate function
Applies to: Databricks SQL Databricks Runtime 11.3 LTS and above
Returns the mean of yExpr
calculated from values of a group where xExpr
and yExpr
are NOT NULL
.
Syntax
regr_avgy( [ALL | DISTINCT] yExpr, xExpr) [FILTER ( WHERE cond ) ]
This function can also be invoked as a window function using the OVER
clause.
Arguments
yExpr
: A numeric expression, the dependent variable.xExpr
: A numeric expression, the independent variable.cond
: An optional Boolean expression filtering the rows used for the function.
Returns
The result type depends on the type of yExpr
:
DECIMAL(p, s)
: The result type is a` DECIMAL(p + 4, s + 4). If the maximum precision for
DECIMAL` is reached the increase in scale will be limited to avoid loss of significant digits.Otherwise, the result is a
DOUBLE
.
Any nulls within the group are ignored. If a group is empty or consists only of nulls, the result is NULL
.
If DISTINCT
is specified the average is computed after duplicates have been removed.
regr_avgy(y, x)
is a synonym for avg(y) FILTER(WHERE x IS NOT NULL AND y IS NOT NULL)
.