import type { FunctionDefinition } from '../../definition_types';
/**
 * Converts a numeric value to its counter equivalent. The output type is determined by the input:
 * `long` converts to `counter_long`, `integer` to `counter_integer`, and `double` to `counter_double`.
 * No values are modified; only the type annotation changes. If the input is already a counter, the function is a no-op. This is useful when a metric field was misclassified as a plain numeric type instead of a counter in the index mapping.
 * This function is also available as the `::counter` cast operator.
 *
 * @example
 * TS k8s
 * | STATS rate_bytes_in=avg(rate(network.total_bytes_in::counter)) BY time_bucket = bucket(@timestamp,1minute)
 * | EVAL rate_bytes_in=ROUND(rate_bytes_in, 6) | KEEP rate_bytes_in, time_bucket
 * | SORT rate_bytes_in DESC, time_bucket DESC | LIMIT 10;
 */
declare const definition: FunctionDefinition;
export default definition;
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