Module 10 · Financial Time-Series Foundations Lesson 95 of 120
Resampling, Aggregation, and Time Alignment
Aggregating event payments without double-counting a boundary.
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Which bucket owns the event exactly at second sixty?
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/**
* Fintech Math Bootcamp · Lesson 095 of 120
* Resampling, Aggregation, and Time Alignment
* Module 10: Financial Time-Series Foundations
*
* Scenario: Aggregating event payments without double-counting a boundary
* Rule: bucket(t)=floor(t/width) for left-closed, right-open buckets
*
* Try it: Which bucket owns the event exactly at second sixty?
*
* Lesson article: https://thefintechbuilder.com/financial-mathematics-statistics-and-data-foundations/financial-time-series-foundations/resampling-aggregation-and-time-alignment/
* Free course: https://courses.thefintechbuilder.com
* Synthetic teaching example, not financial advice or a production library.
*/
export function lesson095() {
const events=[{t:0,v:10},{t:59,v:20},{t:60,v:30},{t:119,v:40}];
const sums=new Map<number,number>();
for(const e of events){const bucket=Math.floor(e.t/60);
sums.set(bucket,(sums.get(bucket)??0)+e.v);}
const result=[...sums].map(([bucket,total])=>({bucket,total}));
return result;
}
export const checkedResult = [{"bucket":0,"total":30},{"bucket":1,"total":70}];
// Run this file directly: npx tsx lessons/10-financial-time-series-foundations/095-resampling-aggregation-and-time-alignment.ts
if (process.argv[1] && import.meta.url.endsWith(process.argv[1].replace(/\\/g, "/").split("/").pop()!)) {
console.log(JSON.stringify(lesson095(), null, 2));
}
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Expected output
[
{
"bucket": 0,
"total": 30
},
{
"bucket": 1,
"total": 70
}
]# Fintech Math Bootcamp · Lesson 095 of 120
# Resampling, Aggregation, and Time Alignment
# Module 10: Financial Time-Series Foundations
#
# Scenario: Aggregating event payments without double-counting a boundary
# Rule: bucket(t)=floor(t/width) for left-closed, right-open buckets
#
# Try it: Which bucket owns the event exactly at second sixty?
#
# Lesson article: https://thefintechbuilder.com/financial-mathematics-statistics-and-data-foundations/financial-time-series-foundations/resampling-aggregation-and-time-alignment/
# Free course: https://courses.thefintechbuilder.com
# Synthetic teaching example, not financial advice or a production library.
#
# Run: python main.py
import json
def lesson_095():
events = [{"t": 0, "v": 10}, {"t": 59, "v": 20}, {"t": 60, "v": 30}, {"t": 119, "v": 40}]
sums = {} # dicts keep insertion order, like a JavaScript Map
for e in events:
bucket = e["t"] // 60 # floor division: left-closed, right-open buckets
sums[bucket] = sums.get(bucket, 0) + e["v"]
return [{"bucket": bucket, "total": total} for bucket, total in sums.items()]
if __name__ == "__main__":
print(json.dumps(lesson_095(), indent=2))
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Expected output
[
{
"bucket": 0,
"total": 30
},
{
"bucket": 1,
"total": 70
}
]/*
* Fintech Math Bootcamp - Lesson 095 of 120
* Resampling, Aggregation, and Time Alignment
* Module 10: Financial Time-Series Foundations
*
* Scenario: Aggregating event payments without double-counting a boundary
* Rule: bucket(t)=floor(t/width) for left-closed, right-open buckets
*
* Try it: Which bucket owns the event exactly at second sixty?
*
* Lesson article: https://thefintechbuilder.com/financial-mathematics-statistics-and-data-foundations/financial-time-series-foundations/resampling-aggregation-and-time-alignment/
* Free course: https://courses.thefintechbuilder.com
* Synthetic teaching example, not financial advice or a production library.
*
* Run: javac Main.java && java Main
*/
import java.util.*;
public class Main {
static List<Object> lesson095() {
int[][] events = {{0, 10}, {59, 20}, {60, 30}, {119, 40}}; // {t, v}
Map<Integer, Integer> sums = new LinkedHashMap<Integer, Integer>();
for (int[] e : events) {
int bucket = (int) Math.floor(e[0] / 60.0);
Integer previous = sums.get(bucket);
sums.put(bucket, (previous == null ? 0 : previous) + e[1]);
}
List<Object> result = new ArrayList<Object>();
for (Map.Entry<Integer, Integer> entry : sums.entrySet()) {
result.add(obj("bucket", entry.getKey(), "total", entry.getValue()));
}
return result;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println(toJson(lesson095(), ""));
}
// Minimal JSON writer: insertion-ordered Map, List, Number, Boolean, String and null.
static String toJson(Object value, String indent) {
if (value == null) return "null";
if (value instanceof String) return quote((String) value);
if (value instanceof Boolean) return value.toString();
if (value instanceof Double) return formatNumber((Double) value);
if (value instanceof Number) return value.toString();
String inner = indent + " ";
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
if (value instanceof Map) {
Map<?, ?> map = (Map<?, ?>) value;
if (map.isEmpty()) return "{}";
sb.append("{\n");
int i = 0;
for (Map.Entry<?, ?> e : map.entrySet()) {
sb.append(inner).append(quote(e.getKey().toString())).append(": ").append(toJson(e.getValue(), inner));
sb.append(++i < map.size() ? ",\n" : "\n");
}
return sb.append(indent).append("}").toString();
}
List<?> list = (List<?>) value;
if (list.isEmpty()) return "[]";
sb.append("[\n");
for (int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++) {
sb.append(inner).append(toJson(list.get(i), inner)).append(i + 1 < list.size() ? ",\n" : "\n");
}
return sb.append(indent).append("]").toString();
}
// Integral doubles print without ".0", as JavaScript does; others use Java's round-trip form.
static String formatNumber(double x) {
if (x == Math.rint(x) && Math.abs(x) < 1e15) return Long.toString((long) x);
return Double.toString(x);
}
static String quote(String s) {
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("\"");
for (char c : s.toCharArray()) {
if (c == '"' || c == '\\') sb.append('\\').append(c);
else if (c < 0x20) sb.append(String.format("\\u%04x", (int) c));
else sb.append(c);
}
return sb.append('"').toString();
}
// Builds an insertion-ordered object from alternating keys and values.
static Map<String, Object> obj(Object... keysAndValues) {
Map<String, Object> map = new LinkedHashMap<String, Object>();
for (int i = 0; i < keysAndValues.length; i += 2) map.put((String) keysAndValues[i], keysAndValues[i + 1]);
return map;
}
static List<Object> list(double... values) {
List<Object> out = new ArrayList<Object>();
for (double v : values) out.add(v);
return out;
}
}
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Expected output
[
{
"bucket": 0,
"total": 30
},
{
"bucket": 1,
"total": 70
}
]// Fintech Math Bootcamp · Lesson 095 of 120
// Resampling, Aggregation, and Time Alignment
// Module 10: Financial Time-Series Foundations
//
// Scenario: Aggregating event payments without double-counting a boundary
// Rule: bucket(t)=floor(t/width) for left-closed, right-open buckets
//
// Try it: Which bucket owns the event exactly at second sixty?
//
// Lesson article: https://thefintechbuilder.com/financial-mathematics-statistics-and-data-foundations/financial-time-series-foundations/resampling-aggregation-and-time-alignment/
// Free course: https://courses.thefintechbuilder.com
// Synthetic teaching example, not financial advice or a production library.
//
// Run: go run main.go
package main
import (
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
"math"
)
type Bucket struct {
Bucket int `json:"bucket"`
Total int `json:"total"`
}
func lesson095() []Bucket {
type event struct{ t, v int }
events := []event{{0, 10}, {59, 20}, {60, 30}, {119, 40}}
sums := map[int]int{}
var order []int // Go maps are unordered; keep first-seen order like a JavaScript Map
for _, e := range events {
bucket := int(math.Floor(float64(e.t) / 60))
if _, seen := sums[bucket]; !seen {
order = append(order, bucket)
}
sums[bucket] += e.v
}
result := make([]Bucket, 0, len(order))
for _, b := range order {
result = append(result, Bucket{Bucket: b, Total: sums[b]})
}
return result
}
func main() {
out, err := json.MarshalIndent(lesson095(), "", " ")
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
fmt.Println(string(out))
}
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Expected output
[
{
"bucket": 0,
"total": 30
},
{
"bucket": 1,
"total": 70
}
]// Fintech Math Bootcamp · Lesson 095 of 120
// Resampling, Aggregation, and Time Alignment
// Module 10: Financial Time-Series Foundations
//
// Scenario: Aggregating event payments without double-counting a boundary
// Rule: bucket(t)=floor(t/width) for left-closed, right-open buckets
//
// Try it: Which bucket owns the event exactly at second sixty?
//
// Lesson article: https://thefintechbuilder.com/financial-mathematics-statistics-and-data-foundations/financial-time-series-foundations/resampling-aggregation-and-time-alignment/
// Free course: https://courses.thefintechbuilder.com
// Synthetic teaching example, not financial advice or a production library.
//
// Run: g++ -std=c++17 -O1 -o lesson main.cpp && ./lesson
#include <algorithm>
#include <charconv>
#include <cmath>
#include <cstdint>
#include <cstdio>
#include <deque>
#include <iostream>
#include <limits>
#include <map>
#include <optional>
#include <stdexcept>
#include <string>
#include <utility>
#include <variant>
#include <vector>
// Minimal JSON value: objects keep insertion order; numbers print in shortest round-trip form.
struct Json {
enum class Kind { Null, Bool, Number, String, Array, Object };
Kind kind = Kind::Null;
bool flag = false;
double number = 0.0;
std::string text;
std::vector<std::string> keys; // object keys, parallel to items
std::vector<Json> items; // array items, or object values
};
Json jnull() { return Json{}; }
Json jbool(bool value) { Json j; j.kind = Json::Kind::Bool; j.flag = value; return j; }
Json jnum(double value) { Json j; j.kind = Json::Kind::Number; j.number = value; return j; }
Json jstr(const std::string& value) { Json j; j.kind = Json::Kind::String; j.text = value; return j; }
Json jarr(std::vector<Json> items) { Json j; j.kind = Json::Kind::Array; j.items = std::move(items); return j; }
Json jobj(std::vector<std::pair<std::string, Json>> fields) {
Json j;
j.kind = Json::Kind::Object;
for (auto& field : fields) {
j.keys.push_back(field.first);
j.items.push_back(std::move(field.second));
}
return j;
}
Json jnums(const std::vector<double>& values) {
std::vector<Json> items;
for (double v : values) items.push_back(jnum(v));
return jarr(std::move(items));
}
Json jnums(const std::vector<std::optional<double>>& values) {
std::vector<Json> items;
for (const auto& v : values) items.push_back(v ? jnum(*v) : jnull());
return jarr(std::move(items));
}
std::string formatNumber(double value) {
char buffer[64];
auto result = std::to_chars(buffer, buffer + sizeof buffer, value); // shortest round-trip form
return std::string(buffer, result.ptr);
}
std::string quote(const std::string& text) {
std::string out = "\"";
for (char c : text) {
if (c == '"' || c == '\\') {
out += '\\';
out += c;
} else if (static_cast<unsigned char>(c) < 0x20) {
char buffer[8];
std::snprintf(buffer, sizeof buffer, "\\u%04x", static_cast<unsigned>(c));
out += buffer;
} else {
out += c;
}
}
return out + "\"";
}
void writeJson(std::ostream& out, const Json& value, const std::string& indent = "") {
const std::string inner = indent + " ";
switch (value.kind) {
case Json::Kind::Null: out << "null"; return;
case Json::Kind::Bool: out << (value.flag ? "true" : "false"); return;
case Json::Kind::Number: out << formatNumber(value.number); return;
case Json::Kind::String: out << quote(value.text); return;
case Json::Kind::Array:
case Json::Kind::Object: {
const bool isObject = value.kind == Json::Kind::Object;
if (value.items.empty()) {
out << (isObject ? "{}" : "[]");
return;
}
out << (isObject ? "{\n" : "[\n");
for (std::size_t i = 0; i < value.items.size(); ++i) {
out << inner;
if (isObject) out << quote(value.keys[i]) << ": ";
writeJson(out, value.items[i], inner);
out << (i + 1 < value.items.size() ? ",\n" : "\n");
}
out << indent << (isObject ? "}" : "]");
}
}
}
Json lesson095() {
struct Event { double t, v; };
const std::vector<Event> events{{0, 10}, {59, 20}, {60, 30}, {119, 40}};
std::vector<std::pair<double, double>> sums; // (bucket, total) in first-seen order, like a JavaScript Map
for (const Event& e : events) {
const double bucket = std::floor(e.t / 60);
auto it = std::find_if(sums.begin(), sums.end(), [&](const auto& s) { return s.first == bucket; });
if (it == sums.end()) sums.push_back({bucket, e.v});
else it->second += e.v;
}
std::vector<Json> result;
for (const auto& [bucket, total] : sums) result.push_back(jobj({{"bucket", jnum(bucket)}, {"total", jnum(total)}}));
return jarr(result);
}
int main() {
writeJson(std::cout, lesson095());
std::cout << "\n";
return 0;
}
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Expected output
[
{
"bucket": 0,
"total": 30
},
{
"bucket": 1,
"total": 70
}
]// Fintech Math Bootcamp · Lesson 095 of 120
// Resampling, Aggregation, and Time Alignment
// Module 10: Financial Time-Series Foundations
//
// Scenario: Aggregating event payments without double-counting a boundary
// Rule: bucket(t)=floor(t/width) for left-closed, right-open buckets
//
// Try it: Which bucket owns the event exactly at second sixty?
//
// Lesson article: https://thefintechbuilder.com/financial-mathematics-statistics-and-data-foundations/financial-time-series-foundations/resampling-aggregation-and-time-alignment/
// Free course: https://courses.thefintechbuilder.com
// Synthetic teaching example, not financial advice or a production library.
//
// Run: rustc -O main.rs && ./main
#![allow(dead_code)]
/// Minimal JSON value; objects keep insertion order.
enum Json {
Null,
Bool(bool),
Num(f64),
Str(String),
Arr(Vec<Json>),
Obj(Vec<(String, Json)>),
}
fn obj(fields: Vec<(&str, Json)>) -> Json {
Json::Obj(fields.into_iter().map(|(k, v)| (k.to_string(), v)).collect())
}
fn nums(values: &[f64]) -> Json {
Json::Arr(values.iter().map(|&v| Json::Num(v)).collect())
}
fn optional_nums(values: &[Option<f64>]) -> Json {
Json::Arr(values.iter().map(|v| v.map_or(Json::Null, Json::Num)).collect())
}
fn quote(text: &str) -> String {
let mut out = String::from("\"");
for c in text.chars() {
match c {
'"' => out.push_str("\\\""),
'\\' => out.push_str("\\\\"),
c if (c as u32) < 0x20 => out.push_str(&format!("\\u{:04x}", c as u32)),
c => out.push(c),
}
}
out.push('"');
out
}
// Display for f64 prints the shortest string that round-trips, as JavaScript does.
fn write_json(value: &Json, indent: &str, out: &mut String) {
let inner = format!("{} ", indent);
match value {
Json::Null => out.push_str("null"),
Json::Bool(b) => out.push_str(if *b { "true" } else { "false" }),
Json::Num(n) => out.push_str(&format!("{}", n)),
Json::Str(s) => out.push_str("e(s)),
Json::Arr(items) if items.is_empty() => out.push_str("[]"),
Json::Obj(fields) if fields.is_empty() => out.push_str("{}"),
Json::Arr(items) => {
out.push_str("[\n");
for (i, item) in items.iter().enumerate() {
out.push_str(&inner);
write_json(item, &inner, out);
out.push_str(if i + 1 < items.len() { ",\n" } else { "\n" });
}
out.push_str(indent);
out.push(']');
}
Json::Obj(fields) => {
out.push_str("{\n");
for (i, (key, item)) in fields.iter().enumerate() {
out.push_str(&inner);
out.push_str("e(key));
out.push_str(": ");
write_json(item, &inner, out);
out.push_str(if i + 1 < fields.len() { ",\n" } else { "\n" });
}
out.push_str(indent);
out.push('}');
}
}
}
fn lesson_095() -> Json {
let events: [(f64, f64); 4] = [(0.0, 10.0), (59.0, 20.0), (60.0, 30.0), (119.0, 40.0)]; // (t, v)
let mut sums: Vec<(f64, f64)> = Vec::new(); // (bucket, total) in first-seen order, like a JavaScript Map
for &(t, v) in &events {
let bucket = (t / 60.0_f64).floor();
match sums.iter_mut().find(|(b, _)| *b == bucket) {
Some(entry) => entry.1 += v,
None => sums.push((bucket, v)),
}
}
Json::Arr(
sums.iter()
.map(|&(bucket, total)| obj(vec![("bucket", Json::Num(bucket)), ("total", Json::Num(total))]))
.collect(),
)
}
fn main() {
let mut out = String::new();
write_json(&lesson_095(), "", &mut out);
println!("{}", out);
}
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Expected output
[
{
"bucket": 0,
"total": 30
},
{
"bucket": 1,
"total": 70
}
]// Fintech Math Bootcamp · Lesson 095 of 120
// Resampling, Aggregation, and Time Alignment
// Module 10: Financial Time-Series Foundations
//
// Scenario: Aggregating event payments without double-counting a boundary
// Rule: bucket(t)=floor(t/width) for left-closed, right-open buckets
//
// Try it: Which bucket owns the event exactly at second sixty?
//
// Lesson article: https://thefintechbuilder.com/financial-mathematics-statistics-and-data-foundations/financial-time-series-foundations/resampling-aggregation-and-time-alignment/
// Free course: https://courses.thefintechbuilder.com
// Synthetic teaching example, not financial advice or a production library.
//
// Run: dotnet run
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text.Encodings.Web;
using System.Text.Json;
var options = new JsonSerializerOptions { WriteIndented = true, Encoder = JavaScriptEncoder.UnsafeRelaxedJsonEscaping };
Console.WriteLine(JsonSerializer.Serialize(Lesson095(), options));
static object Lesson095()
{
var events = new[] { (t: 0, v: 10), (t: 59, v: 20), (t: 60, v: 30), (t: 119, v: 40) };
var sums = new Dictionary<int, int>();
var order = new List<int>(); // first-seen order, like a JavaScript Map
foreach (var e in events)
{
int bucket = (int)Math.Floor(e.t / 60.0);
if (!sums.ContainsKey(bucket)) { sums[bucket] = 0; order.Add(bucket); }
sums[bucket] += e.v;
}
return order.Select(bucket => new { bucket, total = sums[bucket] }).ToArray();
}
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[
{
"bucket": 0,
"total": 30
},
{
"bucket": 1,
"total": 70
}
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Lesson notes
The rule
bucket(t)=floor(t/width) for left-closed, right-open buckets