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title: promql.changes() function
description: >
`promql.changes()` implements functionality equivalent to
[PromQL's `changes()` function](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/functions/#changes).
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`promql.changes()` implements functionality equivalent to
[PromQL's `changes()` function](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/functions/#changes).
**Important**: The `internal/promql` package is not meant for external use.
##### Function type signature
```js
(<-tables: stream[{A with _value: float}]) => stream[{B with _value: float}]
```
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For more information, see [Function type signatures](/flux/v0/function-type-signatures/).
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## Parameters
### tables
Input data. Default is piped-forward data (`<-`).
## Examples
### Return the number of times that values in a series change
```js
import "internal/promql"
import "sampledata"
sampledata.float()
|> promql.changes()
```
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#### Input data
| _time | *tag | _value |
| -------------------- | ---- | ------- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | t1 | -2.18 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | t1 | 10.92 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | t1 | 7.35 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | t1 | 17.53 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | t1 | 15.23 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | t1 | 4.43 |
| _time | *tag | _value |
| -------------------- | ---- | ------- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | t2 | 19.85 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | t2 | 4.97 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | t2 | -3.75 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | t2 | 19.77 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | t2 | 13.86 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | t2 | 1.86 |
#### Output data
| *tag | _value |
| ---- | ------- |
| t1 | 5 |
| *tag | _value |
| ---- | ------- |
| t2 | 5 |
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