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title: "Data function - numeric-compound"
slug: "numeric-compound-data-function"
updated: 2022-07-27T14:44:09Z
published: 2022-07-27T14:44:09Z
---

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# numeric-compound

### numeric-compound

**creates: *numeric variable***

A `numeric-compound` data function receives an `operator` and a `criteria` of two-or-more numeric `variables`, data functions, or `argument-references` to produce a singular numeric variable per entity.

| **attribute** | **type** | **description** | **options** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `operator` | string | a symbol denoting the mathematical operation to perform | `*``/``+``-``%``^` |
| `criteria` | array | numeric data | `collection``data_function``argument_reference` |

```
{
  "data_function_type": "numeric-compound",
  "operator": "+",
  "criteria": [
    ...,
    ...
  ]
```