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sum

v7.0.0 - Show latest stable - 0 notes - Class: ActiveRecord::Calculations

sum(identity_or_column = nil, &block) public

Calculates the sum of values on a given column. The value is returned with the same data type of the column, 0 if there’s no row. See #calculate for examples with options.

Person.sum(:age) # => 4562

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# File activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/calculations.rb, line 86
    def sum(identity_or_column = nil, &block)
      if block_given?
        values = map(&block)
        if identity_or_column.nil? && (values.first.is_a?(Numeric) || values.first(1) == [])
          identity_or_column = 0
        end

        if identity_or_column.nil?
          ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn(            Rails 7.0 has deprecated Enumerable.sum in favor of Ruby's native implementation available since 2.4.            Sum of non-numeric elements requires an initial argument..squish)
          values.inject(:+) || 0
        else
          values.sum(identity_or_column)
        end
      else
        calculate(:sum, identity_or_column)
      end
    end

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