> On 3 Dec 2018, at 8:06, Glenn Schultz <glenn@bondlab.io> wrote:
>
> All,
> I am using the function below to convert a continuous variable to a binned value. Sometimes a value other than zero
ispassed through the query. For example -.5 result value is passed to the query result. The basic of the query is
below.
>
> select
> incentivebin(wac, rate, .25)
> from
> my_table
> where incentivebin(was, rate, .25) = 0
> CREATE or REPLACE FUNCTION embs_owner.IncentiveBin(IN "Gwac" double precision,
> AS 'select ceiling(($1 - $2)/$3) *$3';
If the difference of (wac - rate) = -0.5, and you multiply that by 4 (divide by .25), ceil will round that correctly to
-2.If you then divide by 4 again, you get -0.5 back (which is twice your bin size).
The result matches your function definition with the given parameters.
Alban Hertroys
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