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017package org.apache.commons.math3.stat.inference;
018
019import org.apache.commons.math3.distribution.ChiSquaredDistribution;
020import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.DimensionMismatchException;
021import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.MaxCountExceededException;
022import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.NotPositiveException;
023import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.NotStrictlyPositiveException;
024import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.NullArgumentException;
025import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.OutOfRangeException;
026import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.ZeroException;
027import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.util.LocalizedFormats;
028import org.apache.commons.math3.util.FastMath;
029import org.apache.commons.math3.util.MathArrays;
030
031/**
032 * Implements Chi-Square test statistics.
033 *
034 * <p>This implementation handles both known and unknown distributions.</p>
035 *
036 * <p>Two samples tests can be used when the distribution is unknown <i>a priori</i>
037 * but provided by one sample, or when the hypothesis under test is that the two
038 * samples come from the same underlying distribution.</p>
039 *
040 */
041public class ChiSquareTest {
042
043    /**
044     * Construct a ChiSquareTest
045     */
046    public ChiSquareTest() {
047        super();
048    }
049
050    /**
051     * Computes the <a href="http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/eda/section3/eda35f.htm">
052     * Chi-Square statistic</a> comparing <code>observed</code> and <code>expected</code>
053     * frequency counts.
054     * <p>
055     * This statistic can be used to perform a Chi-Square test evaluating the null
056     * hypothesis that the observed counts follow the expected distribution.</p>
057     * <p>
058     * <strong>Preconditions</strong>: <ul>
059     * <li>Expected counts must all be positive.
060     * </li>
061     * <li>Observed counts must all be &ge; 0.
062     * </li>
063     * <li>The observed and expected arrays must have the same length and
064     * their common length must be at least 2.
065     * </li></ul></p><p>
066     * If any of the preconditions are not met, an
067     * <code>IllegalArgumentException</code> is thrown.</p>
068     * <p><strong>Note: </strong>This implementation rescales the
069     * <code>expected</code> array if necessary to ensure that the sum of the
070     * expected and observed counts are equal.</p>
071     *
072     * @param observed array of observed frequency counts
073     * @param expected array of expected frequency counts
074     * @return chiSquare test statistic
075     * @throws NotPositiveException if <code>observed</code> has negative entries
076     * @throws NotStrictlyPositiveException if <code>expected</code> has entries that are
077     * not strictly positive
078     * @throws DimensionMismatchException if the arrays length is less than 2
079     */
080    public double chiSquare(final double[] expected, final long[] observed)
081        throws NotPositiveException, NotStrictlyPositiveException,
082        DimensionMismatchException {
083
084        if (expected.length < 2) {
085            throw new DimensionMismatchException(expected.length, 2);
086        }
087        if (expected.length != observed.length) {
088            throw new DimensionMismatchException(expected.length, observed.length);
089        }
090        MathArrays.checkPositive(expected);
091        MathArrays.checkNonNegative(observed);
092
093        double sumExpected = 0d;
094        double sumObserved = 0d;
095        for (int i = 0; i < observed.length; i++) {
096            sumExpected += expected[i];
097            sumObserved += observed[i];
098        }
099        double ratio = 1.0d;
100        boolean rescale = false;
101        if (FastMath.abs(sumExpected - sumObserved) > 10E-6) {
102            ratio = sumObserved / sumExpected;
103            rescale = true;
104        }
105        double sumSq = 0.0d;
106        for (int i = 0; i < observed.length; i++) {
107            if (rescale) {
108                final double dev = observed[i] - ratio * expected[i];
109                sumSq += dev * dev / (ratio * expected[i]);
110            } else {
111                final double dev = observed[i] - expected[i];
112                sumSq += dev * dev / expected[i];
113            }
114        }
115        return sumSq;
116
117    }
118
119    /**
120     * Returns the <i>observed significance level</i>, or <a href=
121     * "http://www.cas.lancs.ac.uk/glossary_v1.1/hyptest.html#pvalue">
122     * p-value</a>, associated with a
123     * <a href="http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/eda/section3/eda35f.htm">
124     * Chi-square goodness of fit test</a> comparing the <code>observed</code>
125     * frequency counts to those in the <code>expected</code> array.
126     * <p>
127     * The number returned is the smallest significance level at which one can reject
128     * the null hypothesis that the observed counts conform to the frequency distribution
129     * described by the expected counts.</p>
130     * <p>
131     * <strong>Preconditions</strong>: <ul>
132     * <li>Expected counts must all be positive.
133     * </li>
134     * <li>Observed counts must all be &ge; 0.
135     * </li>
136     * <li>The observed and expected arrays must have the same length and
137     * their common length must be at least 2.
138     * </li></ul></p><p>
139     * If any of the preconditions are not met, an
140     * <code>IllegalArgumentException</code> is thrown.</p>
141     * <p><strong>Note: </strong>This implementation rescales the
142     * <code>expected</code> array if necessary to ensure that the sum of the
143     * expected and observed counts are equal.</p>
144     *
145     * @param observed array of observed frequency counts
146     * @param expected array of expected frequency counts
147     * @return p-value
148     * @throws NotPositiveException if <code>observed</code> has negative entries
149     * @throws NotStrictlyPositiveException if <code>expected</code> has entries that are
150     * not strictly positive
151     * @throws DimensionMismatchException if the arrays length is less than 2
152     * @throws MaxCountExceededException if an error occurs computing the p-value
153     */
154    public double chiSquareTest(final double[] expected, final long[] observed)
155        throws NotPositiveException, NotStrictlyPositiveException,
156        DimensionMismatchException, MaxCountExceededException {
157
158        // pass a null rng to avoid unneeded overhead as we will not sample from this distribution
159        final ChiSquaredDistribution distribution =
160            new ChiSquaredDistribution(null, expected.length - 1.0);
161        return 1.0 - distribution.cumulativeProbability(chiSquare(expected, observed));
162    }
163
164    /**
165     * Performs a <a href="http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/eda/section3/eda35f.htm">
166     * Chi-square goodness of fit test</a> evaluating the null hypothesis that the
167     * observed counts conform to the frequency distribution described by the expected
168     * counts, with significance level <code>alpha</code>.  Returns true iff the null
169     * hypothesis can be rejected with 100 * (1 - alpha) percent confidence.
170     * <p>
171     * <strong>Example:</strong><br>
172     * To test the hypothesis that <code>observed</code> follows
173     * <code>expected</code> at the 99% level, use </p><p>
174     * <code>chiSquareTest(expected, observed, 0.01) </code></p>
175     * <p>
176     * <strong>Preconditions</strong>: <ul>
177     * <li>Expected counts must all be positive.
178     * </li>
179     * <li>Observed counts must all be &ge; 0.
180     * </li>
181     * <li>The observed and expected arrays must have the same length and
182     * their common length must be at least 2.
183     * <li> <code> 0 &lt; alpha &lt; 0.5 </code>
184     * </li></ul></p><p>
185     * If any of the preconditions are not met, an
186     * <code>IllegalArgumentException</code> is thrown.</p>
187     * <p><strong>Note: </strong>This implementation rescales the
188     * <code>expected</code> array if necessary to ensure that the sum of the
189     * expected and observed counts are equal.</p>
190     *
191     * @param observed array of observed frequency counts
192     * @param expected array of expected frequency counts
193     * @param alpha significance level of the test
194     * @return true iff null hypothesis can be rejected with confidence
195     * 1 - alpha
196     * @throws NotPositiveException if <code>observed</code> has negative entries
197     * @throws NotStrictlyPositiveException if <code>expected</code> has entries that are
198     * not strictly positive
199     * @throws DimensionMismatchException if the arrays length is less than 2
200     * @throws OutOfRangeException if <code>alpha</code> is not in the range (0, 0.5]
201     * @throws MaxCountExceededException if an error occurs computing the p-value
202     */
203    public boolean chiSquareTest(final double[] expected, final long[] observed,
204                                 final double alpha)
205        throws NotPositiveException, NotStrictlyPositiveException,
206        DimensionMismatchException, OutOfRangeException, MaxCountExceededException {
207
208        if ((alpha <= 0) || (alpha > 0.5)) {
209            throw new OutOfRangeException(LocalizedFormats.OUT_OF_BOUND_SIGNIFICANCE_LEVEL,
210                                          alpha, 0, 0.5);
211        }
212        return chiSquareTest(expected, observed) < alpha;
213
214    }
215
216    /**
217     *  Computes the Chi-Square statistic associated with a
218     * <a href="http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/prc/section4/prc45.htm">
219     *  chi-square test of independence</a> based on the input <code>counts</code>
220     *  array, viewed as a two-way table.
221     * <p>
222     * The rows of the 2-way table are
223     * <code>count[0], ... , count[count.length - 1] </code></p>
224     * <p>
225     * <strong>Preconditions</strong>: <ul>
226     * <li>All counts must be &ge; 0.
227     * </li>
228     * <li>The count array must be rectangular (i.e. all count[i] subarrays
229     *  must have the same length).
230     * </li>
231     * <li>The 2-way table represented by <code>counts</code> must have at
232     *  least 2 columns and at least 2 rows.
233     * </li>
234     * </li></ul></p><p>
235     * If any of the preconditions are not met, an
236     * <code>IllegalArgumentException</code> is thrown.</p>
237     *
238     * @param counts array representation of 2-way table
239     * @return chiSquare test statistic
240     * @throws NullArgumentException if the array is null
241     * @throws DimensionMismatchException if the array is not rectangular
242     * @throws NotPositiveException if {@code counts} has negative entries
243     */
244    public double chiSquare(final long[][] counts)
245        throws NullArgumentException, NotPositiveException,
246        DimensionMismatchException {
247
248        checkArray(counts);
249        int nRows = counts.length;
250        int nCols = counts[0].length;
251
252        // compute row, column and total sums
253        double[] rowSum = new double[nRows];
254        double[] colSum = new double[nCols];
255        double total = 0.0d;
256        for (int row = 0; row < nRows; row++) {
257            for (int col = 0; col < nCols; col++) {
258                rowSum[row] += counts[row][col];
259                colSum[col] += counts[row][col];
260                total += counts[row][col];
261            }
262        }
263
264        // compute expected counts and chi-square
265        double sumSq = 0.0d;
266        double expected = 0.0d;
267        for (int row = 0; row < nRows; row++) {
268            for (int col = 0; col < nCols; col++) {
269                expected = (rowSum[row] * colSum[col]) / total;
270                sumSq += ((counts[row][col] - expected) *
271                        (counts[row][col] - expected)) / expected;
272            }
273        }
274        return sumSq;
275
276    }
277
278    /**
279     * Returns the <i>observed significance level</i>, or <a href=
280     * "http://www.cas.lancs.ac.uk/glossary_v1.1/hyptest.html#pvalue">
281     * p-value</a>, associated with a
282     * <a href="http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/prc/section4/prc45.htm">
283     * chi-square test of independence</a> based on the input <code>counts</code>
284     * array, viewed as a two-way table.
285     * <p>
286     * The rows of the 2-way table are
287     * <code>count[0], ... , count[count.length - 1] </code></p>
288     * <p>
289     * <strong>Preconditions</strong>: <ul>
290     * <li>All counts must be &ge; 0.
291     * </li>
292     * <li>The count array must be rectangular (i.e. all count[i] subarrays must have
293     *     the same length).
294     * </li>
295     * <li>The 2-way table represented by <code>counts</code> must have at least 2
296     *     columns and at least 2 rows.
297     * </li>
298     * </li></ul></p><p>
299     * If any of the preconditions are not met, an
300     * <code>IllegalArgumentException</code> is thrown.</p>
301     *
302     * @param counts array representation of 2-way table
303     * @return p-value
304     * @throws NullArgumentException if the array is null
305     * @throws DimensionMismatchException if the array is not rectangular
306     * @throws NotPositiveException if {@code counts} has negative entries
307     * @throws MaxCountExceededException if an error occurs computing the p-value
308     */
309    public double chiSquareTest(final long[][] counts)
310        throws NullArgumentException, DimensionMismatchException,
311        NotPositiveException, MaxCountExceededException {
312
313        checkArray(counts);
314        double df = ((double) counts.length -1) * ((double) counts[0].length - 1);
315        // pass a null rng to avoid unneeded overhead as we will not sample from this distribution
316        final ChiSquaredDistribution distribution = new ChiSquaredDistribution(df);
317        return 1 - distribution.cumulativeProbability(chiSquare(counts));
318
319    }
320
321    /**
322     * Performs a <a href="http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/prc/section4/prc45.htm">
323     * chi-square test of independence</a> evaluating the null hypothesis that the
324     * classifications represented by the counts in the columns of the input 2-way table
325     * are independent of the rows, with significance level <code>alpha</code>.
326     * Returns true iff the null hypothesis can be rejected with 100 * (1 - alpha) percent
327     * confidence.
328     * <p>
329     * The rows of the 2-way table are
330     * <code>count[0], ... , count[count.length - 1] </code></p>
331     * <p>
332     * <strong>Example:</strong><br>
333     * To test the null hypothesis that the counts in
334     * <code>count[0], ... , count[count.length - 1] </code>
335     *  all correspond to the same underlying probability distribution at the 99% level, use</p>
336     * <p><code>chiSquareTest(counts, 0.01)</code></p>
337     * <p>
338     * <strong>Preconditions</strong>: <ul>
339     * <li>All counts must be &ge; 0.
340     * </li>
341     * <li>The count array must be rectangular (i.e. all count[i] subarrays must have the
342     *     same length).</li>
343     * <li>The 2-way table represented by <code>counts</code> must have at least 2 columns and
344     *     at least 2 rows.</li>
345     * </li></ul></p><p>
346     * If any of the preconditions are not met, an
347     * <code>IllegalArgumentException</code> is thrown.</p>
348     *
349     * @param counts array representation of 2-way table
350     * @param alpha significance level of the test
351     * @return true iff null hypothesis can be rejected with confidence
352     * 1 - alpha
353     * @throws NullArgumentException if the array is null
354     * @throws DimensionMismatchException if the array is not rectangular
355     * @throws NotPositiveException if {@code counts} has any negative entries
356     * @throws OutOfRangeException if <code>alpha</code> is not in the range (0, 0.5]
357     * @throws MaxCountExceededException if an error occurs computing the p-value
358     */
359    public boolean chiSquareTest(final long[][] counts, final double alpha)
360        throws NullArgumentException, DimensionMismatchException,
361        NotPositiveException, OutOfRangeException, MaxCountExceededException {
362
363        if ((alpha <= 0) || (alpha > 0.5)) {
364            throw new OutOfRangeException(LocalizedFormats.OUT_OF_BOUND_SIGNIFICANCE_LEVEL,
365                                          alpha, 0, 0.5);
366        }
367        return chiSquareTest(counts) < alpha;
368
369    }
370
371    /**
372     * <p>Computes a
373     * <a href="http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/software/dataplot/refman1/auxillar/chi2samp.htm">
374     * Chi-Square two sample test statistic</a> comparing bin frequency counts
375     * in <code>observed1</code> and <code>observed2</code>.  The
376     * sums of frequency counts in the two samples are not required to be the
377     * same.  The formula used to compute the test statistic is</p>
378     * <code>
379     * &sum;[(K * observed1[i] - observed2[i]/K)<sup>2</sup> / (observed1[i] + observed2[i])]
380     * </code> where
381     * <br/><code>K = &sqrt;[&sum(observed2 / &sum;(observed1)]</code>
382     * </p>
383     * <p>This statistic can be used to perform a Chi-Square test evaluating the
384     * null hypothesis that both observed counts follow the same distribution.</p>
385     * <p>
386     * <strong>Preconditions</strong>: <ul>
387     * <li>Observed counts must be non-negative.
388     * </li>
389     * <li>Observed counts for a specific bin must not both be zero.
390     * </li>
391     * <li>Observed counts for a specific sample must not all be 0.
392     * </li>
393     * <li>The arrays <code>observed1</code> and <code>observed2</code> must have
394     * the same length and their common length must be at least 2.
395     * </li></ul></p><p>
396     * If any of the preconditions are not met, an
397     * <code>IllegalArgumentException</code> is thrown.</p>
398     *
399     * @param observed1 array of observed frequency counts of the first data set
400     * @param observed2 array of observed frequency counts of the second data set
401     * @return chiSquare test statistic
402     * @throws DimensionMismatchException the the length of the arrays does not match
403     * @throws NotPositiveException if any entries in <code>observed1</code> or
404     * <code>observed2</code> are negative
405     * @throws ZeroException if either all counts of <code>observed1</code> or
406     * <code>observed2</code> are zero, or if the count at some index is zero
407     * for both arrays
408     * @since 1.2
409     */
410    public double chiSquareDataSetsComparison(long[] observed1, long[] observed2)
411        throws DimensionMismatchException, NotPositiveException, ZeroException {
412
413        // Make sure lengths are same
414        if (observed1.length < 2) {
415            throw new DimensionMismatchException(observed1.length, 2);
416        }
417        if (observed1.length != observed2.length) {
418            throw new DimensionMismatchException(observed1.length, observed2.length);
419        }
420
421        // Ensure non-negative counts
422        MathArrays.checkNonNegative(observed1);
423        MathArrays.checkNonNegative(observed2);
424
425        // Compute and compare count sums
426        long countSum1 = 0;
427        long countSum2 = 0;
428        boolean unequalCounts = false;
429        double weight = 0.0;
430        for (int i = 0; i < observed1.length; i++) {
431            countSum1 += observed1[i];
432            countSum2 += observed2[i];
433        }
434        // Ensure neither sample is uniformly 0
435        if (countSum1 == 0 || countSum2 == 0) {
436            throw new ZeroException();
437        }
438        // Compare and compute weight only if different
439        unequalCounts = countSum1 != countSum2;
440        if (unequalCounts) {
441            weight = FastMath.sqrt((double) countSum1 / (double) countSum2);
442        }
443        // Compute ChiSquare statistic
444        double sumSq = 0.0d;
445        double dev = 0.0d;
446        double obs1 = 0.0d;
447        double obs2 = 0.0d;
448        for (int i = 0; i < observed1.length; i++) {
449            if (observed1[i] == 0 && observed2[i] == 0) {
450                throw new ZeroException(LocalizedFormats.OBSERVED_COUNTS_BOTTH_ZERO_FOR_ENTRY, i);
451            } else {
452                obs1 = observed1[i];
453                obs2 = observed2[i];
454                if (unequalCounts) { // apply weights
455                    dev = obs1/weight - obs2 * weight;
456                } else {
457                    dev = obs1 - obs2;
458                }
459                sumSq += (dev * dev) / (obs1 + obs2);
460            }
461        }
462        return sumSq;
463    }
464
465    /**
466     * <p>Returns the <i>observed significance level</i>, or <a href=
467     * "http://www.cas.lancs.ac.uk/glossary_v1.1/hyptest.html#pvalue">
468     * p-value</a>, associated with a Chi-Square two sample test comparing
469     * bin frequency counts in <code>observed1</code> and
470     * <code>observed2</code>.
471     * </p>
472     * <p>The number returned is the smallest significance level at which one
473     * can reject the null hypothesis that the observed counts conform to the
474     * same distribution.
475     * </p>
476     * <p>See {@link #chiSquareDataSetsComparison(long[], long[])} for details
477     * on the formula used to compute the test statistic. The degrees of
478     * of freedom used to perform the test is one less than the common length
479     * of the input observed count arrays.
480     * </p>
481     * <strong>Preconditions</strong>: <ul>
482     * <li>Observed counts must be non-negative.
483     * </li>
484     * <li>Observed counts for a specific bin must not both be zero.
485     * </li>
486     * <li>Observed counts for a specific sample must not all be 0.
487     * </li>
488     * <li>The arrays <code>observed1</code> and <code>observed2</code> must
489     * have the same length and
490     * their common length must be at least 2.
491     * </li></ul><p>
492     * If any of the preconditions are not met, an
493     * <code>IllegalArgumentException</code> is thrown.</p>
494     *
495     * @param observed1 array of observed frequency counts of the first data set
496     * @param observed2 array of observed frequency counts of the second data set
497     * @return p-value
498     * @throws DimensionMismatchException the the length of the arrays does not match
499     * @throws NotPositiveException if any entries in <code>observed1</code> or
500     * <code>observed2</code> are negative
501     * @throws ZeroException if either all counts of <code>observed1</code> or
502     * <code>observed2</code> are zero, or if the count at the same index is zero
503     * for both arrays
504     * @throws MaxCountExceededException if an error occurs computing the p-value
505     * @since 1.2
506     */
507    public double chiSquareTestDataSetsComparison(long[] observed1, long[] observed2)
508        throws DimensionMismatchException, NotPositiveException, ZeroException,
509        MaxCountExceededException {
510
511        // pass a null rng to avoid unneeded overhead as we will not sample from this distribution
512        final ChiSquaredDistribution distribution =
513                new ChiSquaredDistribution(null, (double) observed1.length - 1);
514        return 1 - distribution.cumulativeProbability(
515                chiSquareDataSetsComparison(observed1, observed2));
516
517    }
518
519    /**
520     * <p>Performs a Chi-Square two sample test comparing two binned data
521     * sets. The test evaluates the null hypothesis that the two lists of
522     * observed counts conform to the same frequency distribution, with
523     * significance level <code>alpha</code>.  Returns true iff the null
524     * hypothesis can be rejected with 100 * (1 - alpha) percent confidence.
525     * </p>
526     * <p>See {@link #chiSquareDataSetsComparison(long[], long[])} for
527     * details on the formula used to compute the Chisquare statistic used
528     * in the test. The degrees of of freedom used to perform the test is
529     * one less than the common length of the input observed count arrays.
530     * </p>
531     * <strong>Preconditions</strong>: <ul>
532     * <li>Observed counts must be non-negative.
533     * </li>
534     * <li>Observed counts for a specific bin must not both be zero.
535     * </li>
536     * <li>Observed counts for a specific sample must not all be 0.
537     * </li>
538     * <li>The arrays <code>observed1</code> and <code>observed2</code> must
539     * have the same length and their common length must be at least 2.
540     * </li>
541     * <li> <code> 0 < alpha < 0.5 </code>
542     * </li></ul><p>
543     * If any of the preconditions are not met, an
544     * <code>IllegalArgumentException</code> is thrown.</p>
545     *
546     * @param observed1 array of observed frequency counts of the first data set
547     * @param observed2 array of observed frequency counts of the second data set
548     * @param alpha significance level of the test
549     * @return true iff null hypothesis can be rejected with confidence
550     * 1 - alpha
551     * @throws DimensionMismatchException the the length of the arrays does not match
552     * @throws NotPositiveException if any entries in <code>observed1</code> or
553     * <code>observed2</code> are negative
554     * @throws ZeroException if either all counts of <code>observed1</code> or
555     * <code>observed2</code> are zero, or if the count at the same index is zero
556     * for both arrays
557     * @throws OutOfRangeException if <code>alpha</code> is not in the range (0, 0.5]
558     * @throws MaxCountExceededException if an error occurs performing the test
559     * @since 1.2
560     */
561    public boolean chiSquareTestDataSetsComparison(final long[] observed1,
562                                                   final long[] observed2,
563                                                   final double alpha)
564        throws DimensionMismatchException, NotPositiveException,
565        ZeroException, OutOfRangeException, MaxCountExceededException {
566
567        if (alpha <= 0 ||
568            alpha > 0.5) {
569            throw new OutOfRangeException(LocalizedFormats.OUT_OF_BOUND_SIGNIFICANCE_LEVEL,
570                                          alpha, 0, 0.5);
571        }
572        return chiSquareTestDataSetsComparison(observed1, observed2) < alpha;
573
574    }
575
576    /**
577     * Checks to make sure that the input long[][] array is rectangular,
578     * has at least 2 rows and 2 columns, and has all non-negative entries.
579     *
580     * @param in input 2-way table to check
581     * @throws NullArgumentException if the array is null
582     * @throws DimensionMismatchException if the array is not valid
583     * @throws NotPositiveException if the array contains any negative entries
584     */
585    private void checkArray(final long[][] in)
586        throws NullArgumentException, DimensionMismatchException,
587        NotPositiveException {
588
589        if (in.length < 2) {
590            throw new DimensionMismatchException(in.length, 2);
591        }
592
593        if (in[0].length < 2) {
594            throw new DimensionMismatchException(in[0].length, 2);
595        }
596
597        MathArrays.checkRectangular(in);
598        MathArrays.checkNonNegative(in);
599
600    }
601
602}