get_var_id¶

Map Var Table Values to its Primary Key¶

Prototype¶

# at_cascade.get_var_id
def get_var_id(
    var_table          ,
    var_type           ,
    smooth_id    = None,
    age_id       = None,
    time_id      = None,
    node_id      = None,
    rate_id      = None,
    mulcov_id    = None,
    group_id     = None,
    subgroup_id  = None,
) :
    assert type(var_table) == list
    assert type(var_type)  == str
    # ...
    assert type(var_id) == int
    return var_id

var_table¶

This is a list of dict representation of the a dismod_at var table.

var_type¶

This is a str that specifies the type of variable for the corresponding row of the var table. It must have one of the values in the table below (and cannot be None).

Other Arguments¶

All of the arguments, other than var_type, are int values. Depending on the value of var_type only certain of the other arguments matter:

**Other Arguments That Matter by Variable Type**¶
var_type	Other Arguments
mulstd_value	smooth_id
mulstd_dage	smooth_id
mulstd_dtime	smooth_id
rate	age_id, time_id, node_id, rate_id
mulcov_rate_value	age_id, time_id, mulcov_id, group_id, subgroup_id
mulcov_meas_value	age_id, time_id, mulcov_id, group_id, subgroup_id
mulcov_meas_noise	age_id, time_id, mulcov_id, group_id