.. _auto_curve_difference:

*COMPUTE THE Y-DIFFERENCE COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS POINT*
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Computes the point-to-point y-difference of a curve, replacing each y-value with the difference between it and the previous point's y-value. Use this worker to convert a cumulative or integrated signal into its incremental (delta) form.

When to use
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Classification: **process**.

Tagged: ``curve``, ``delta``, ``difference``, ``incremental``, ``point-to-point``, ``transform``.

Inputs
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   * - Label
     - ID
     - Type
     - Default
     - Required
     - Description
   * - Curve In
     - curve_in
     - vector
     - —
     - 
     - Input curve (x/y vector) on which the point-to-point y-difference will be computed; the first output y-value is typically zero or the first raw value since there is no preceding point.

Outputs
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   * - Label
     - ID
     - Type
     - Description
   * - curve_difference_output_1
     - curve_difference_output_1
     - vector
     - Transformed curve with the same x-values as the input but y-values replaced by the difference between each point and its predecessor (Δy = y_i − y_{i−1}).

Disciplines
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- data.curve.transform

Runnable example
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A runnable example is registered for this worker. Open the example workflow on the d3VIEW canvas: `/api/workflow/example?id=curve_difference <https://www.d3view.com/api/workflow/example?id=curve_difference>`_

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