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base/bif/top-k.bif.zeek
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.. zeek:namespace:: GLOBAL
Functions to probabilistically determine top-k elements.
:Namespace: GLOBAL
Summary
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Functions
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================================================== ==========================================================================
:zeek:id:`topk_add`: :zeek:type:`function` Add a new observed object to the data structure.
:zeek:id:`topk_count`: :zeek:type:`function` Get an overestimated count of how often a value has been encountered.
:zeek:id:`topk_epsilon`: :zeek:type:`function` Get the maximal overestimation for count.
:zeek:id:`topk_get_top`: :zeek:type:`function` Get the first *k* elements of the top-k data structure.
:zeek:id:`topk_init`: :zeek:type:`function` Creates a top-k data structure which tracks *size* elements.
:zeek:id:`topk_merge`: :zeek:type:`function` Merge the second top-k data structure into the first.
:zeek:id:`topk_merge_prune`: :zeek:type:`function` Merge the second top-k data structure into the first and prunes the final
data structure back to the size given on initialization.
:zeek:id:`topk_size`: :zeek:type:`function` Get the number of elements this data structure is supposed to track (given
on init).
:zeek:id:`topk_sum`: :zeek:type:`function` Get the sum of all counts of all elements in the data structure.
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Detailed Interface
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Functions
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.. zeek:id:: topk_add
:source-code: base/bif/top-k.bif.zeek 31 31
:Type: :zeek:type:`function` (handle: :zeek:type:`opaque` of topk, value: :zeek:type:`any`) : :zeek:type:`any`
Add a new observed object to the data structure.
.. note:: The first added object sets the type of data tracked by
the top-k data structure. All following values have to be of the same
type.
:param handle: the TopK handle.
:param value: observed value.
.. zeek:see:: topk_init topk_get_top topk_count topk_epsilon
topk_size topk_sum topk_merge topk_merge_prune
.. zeek:id:: topk_count
:source-code: base/bif/top-k.bif.zeek 61 61
:Type: :zeek:type:`function` (handle: :zeek:type:`opaque` of topk, value: :zeek:type:`any`) : :zeek:type:`count`
Get an overestimated count of how often a value has been encountered.
.. note:: The value has to be part of the currently tracked elements,
otherwise 0 will be returned and an error message will be added to
reporter.
:param handle: the TopK handle.
:param value: Value to look up count for.
:returns: Overestimated number for how often the element has been encountered.
.. zeek:see:: topk_init topk_add topk_get_top topk_epsilon
topk_size topk_sum topk_merge topk_merge_prune
.. zeek:id:: topk_epsilon
:source-code: base/bif/top-k.bif.zeek 77 77
:Type: :zeek:type:`function` (handle: :zeek:type:`opaque` of topk, value: :zeek:type:`any`) : :zeek:type:`count`
Get the maximal overestimation for count.
.. note:: Same restrictions as for :zeek:id:`topk_count` apply.
:param handle: the TopK handle.
:param value: Value to look up epsilon for.
:returns: Number which represents the maximal overestimation for the count of
this element.
.. zeek:see:: topk_init topk_add topk_get_top topk_count
topk_size topk_sum topk_merge topk_merge_prune
.. zeek:id:: topk_get_top
:source-code: base/bif/top-k.bif.zeek 44 44
:Type: :zeek:type:`function` (handle: :zeek:type:`opaque` of topk, k: :zeek:type:`count`) : :zeek:type:`any_vec`
Get the first *k* elements of the top-k data structure.
:param handle: the TopK handle.
:param k: number of elements to return.
:returns: vector of the first k elements.
.. zeek:see:: topk_init topk_add topk_count topk_epsilon
topk_size topk_sum topk_merge topk_merge_prune
.. zeek:id:: topk_init
:source-code: base/bif/top-k.bif.zeek 16 16
:Type: :zeek:type:`function` (size: :zeek:type:`count`) : :zeek:type:`opaque` of topk
Creates a top-k data structure which tracks *size* elements.
:param size: number of elements to track.
:returns: Opaque pointer to the data structure.
.. zeek:see:: topk_add topk_get_top topk_count topk_epsilon
topk_size topk_sum topk_merge topk_merge_prune
.. zeek:id:: topk_merge
:source-code: base/bif/top-k.bif.zeek 122 122
:Type: :zeek:type:`function` (handle1: :zeek:type:`opaque` of topk, handle2: :zeek:type:`opaque` of topk) : :zeek:type:`any`
Merge the second top-k data structure into the first.
:param handle1: the first TopK handle.
:param handle2: the second TopK handle.
.. note:: This does not remove any elements, the resulting data structure
can be bigger than the maximum size given on initialization.
.. zeek:see:: topk_init topk_add topk_get_top topk_count topk_epsilon
topk_size topk_sum topk_merge_prune
.. zeek:id:: topk_merge_prune
:source-code: base/bif/top-k.bif.zeek 138 138
:Type: :zeek:type:`function` (handle1: :zeek:type:`opaque` of topk, handle2: :zeek:type:`opaque` of topk) : :zeek:type:`any`
Merge the second top-k data structure into the first and prunes the final
data structure back to the size given on initialization.
.. note:: Use with care and only when being aware of the restrictions this
entails. Do not call :zeek:id:`topk_size` or :zeek:id:`topk_add` afterwards,
results will probably not be what you expect.
:param handle1: the TopK handle in which the second TopK structure is merged.
:param handle2: the TopK handle in which is merged into the first TopK structure.
.. zeek:see:: topk_init topk_add topk_get_top topk_count topk_epsilon
topk_size topk_sum topk_merge
.. zeek:id:: topk_size
:source-code: base/bif/top-k.bif.zeek 92 92
:Type: :zeek:type:`function` (handle: :zeek:type:`opaque` of topk) : :zeek:type:`count`
Get the number of elements this data structure is supposed to track (given
on init).
.. note:: Note that the actual number of elements in the data structure can
be lower or higher (due to non-pruned merges) than this.
:param handle: the TopK handle.
:returns: size given during initialization.
.. zeek:see:: topk_init topk_add topk_get_top topk_count topk_epsilon
topk_sum topk_merge topk_merge_prune
.. zeek:id:: topk_sum
:source-code: base/bif/top-k.bif.zeek 108 108
:Type: :zeek:type:`function` (handle: :zeek:type:`opaque` of topk) : :zeek:type:`count`
Get the sum of all counts of all elements in the data structure.
.. note:: This is equal to the number of all inserted objects if the data
structure never has been pruned. Do not use after
calling :zeek:id:`topk_merge_prune` (will throw a warning message if used
afterwards).
:param handle: the TopK handle.
:returns: sum of all counts.
.. zeek:see:: topk_init topk_add topk_get_top topk_count topk_epsilon
topk_size topk_merge topk_merge_prune