Test column data type

j_bonnouvrier — Tue, 14 Feb 2017 08:24:07 GMT

Hi,

Is there a simple way to test if the data type of a column is numeric and nominal?

Thanks and regards,

Jérôme

Re: Test column data type

txnelson — Tue, 14 Feb 2017 11:14:50 GMT

You can retrieve both the Data Type and the Modeling Type of a column

Names Default To Here( 1 );
dt = Open( "$SAMPLE_DATA/Big Class.jmp" );

show(dt:Height << Get Data Type());
show(dt:Height << Get Modeling Type());

The documentation for these 2 elements is in the Scripting Index

Help==>Scripting Index==>Data Table==>Column Scripting