Public Overloads Sub Filter( _
   ByVal compareMethod As CompareMethod, _
   ByVal compareValue As Double, _
   ByVal inputSeries As Series, _
   ByVal outputSeries As Series _
) 

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Dim instance As DataManipulator Dim compareMethod As CompareMethod Dim compareValue As Double Dim inputSeries As Series Dim outputSeries As Series   instance.Filter(compareMethod, compareValue, inputSeries, outputSeries)

public void Filter( 
   CompareMethod compareMethod,
   double compareValue,
   Series inputSeries,
   Series outputSeries
)

Parameters

compareMethod

A CompareMethod enumeration value that determines the comparison method for the filtering rule. Can be "less than", "equal to", etc. .
Value comparing method.

compareValue

The value of the filtering rule that the first Y-values of data points are compared to.
Value to compare with.

inputSeries

Series object that is filtered
Input series.

outputSeries

Series object that stores the filtered data. If it does not exist an exception will be thrown.
Output series.

This method filters data points by applying a filtering rule, which is composed of an operator and a value (e.g. "< 5", "= 2.7", etc.). Data points are filtered using the first Y-value of the points, and by default if they match this filtering rule they are deleted from the series.

If the specified output series has not been created and added to the SeriesCollection when this function call is made an exception will be thrown.

Filtered points can be either removed from a series (default) or displayed as empty points, depending on the FilterSetEmptyPoints value.

Points can also be marked as filtered if they DO NOT match filtering criteria (determined by the FilterMatchPoints value).

Filters are always applied to an entire series.

To filter other values of data points (e.g. the second Y-value, etc.) use one of the function definitions that has a usingValue parameter.

To filter data and only keep a specified number of highest or lowest values use the FilterTopN method instead.

Target Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 family

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