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set

Used to set a session option

Syntax​

set (precision INT|rounding ROUNDING_METHOD|missing (ignore|number)?|crs (earth|planar))

Description​

The set command is used to set an option within the current script session. The following options are supported:

  • decimal precision
  • rounding method
  • missing value treatment
  • coordinate reference system
Setting decimal precision​

The decimal precision determines the number of decimal places to use with real numbers, e.g.

set precision 2

Sets the decimal places to 2 for all numbers

Setting the rounding method​

The rounding method determines how numbers are rounded when shortening to meet the decimal precision value, you can select from one of the following methods:

  • ceiling
  • down
  • up
  • floor
  • half_down
  • half_up
Setting missing value treatment​

Missing values can affect the way calculations are performed and therefore you can set the way that you want missing values to be treated. You can instruct ODSL to ignore missing values using the statement:

set missing ignore

Or you can tell ODSL to use a specific value to replace missing values, e.g. if you are summing up a list of values, you can set missing as 0 so that it would not take them into account.

Setting the coordinate reference system (CRS)​

You can set the CRS to either:

  • earth
  • planar

This affects the way geospatial data is handled