https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/How-to-count-the-number-of-elements-in-a-column-find-the-length/m-p/396559#M64722 <P>I somehow stumbled upon&nbsp;</P><PRE><CODE class=" language-jsl">N Items()</CODE></PRE><P>in the Scripting Index by sheer luck, no telling how many are less fortunate than me, but this simple task doesn't work for a column that is, I don't know what the right word is, accessed? by&nbsp;</P><PRE><CODE class=" language-jsl">col = Column(dt, "Col Name");</CODE></PRE><P>it throws</P><PRE><CODE class=" language-jsl">N Items() argument must be a list</CODE></PRE><P>and proceeds no further.</P><P>Once again, a slew of Google searches with various substitute words only gives very complicated computer scripting problems as hits, not what I am looking for.</P> Fri, 09 Jun 2023 19:51:05 GMT mostarr 2023-06-09T19:51:05Z https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/How-to-count-the-number-of-elements-in-a-column-find-the-length/m-p/396559#M64722 <P>I somehow stumbled upon&nbsp;</P><PRE><CODE class=" language-jsl">N Items()</CODE></PRE><P>in the Scripting Index by sheer luck, no telling how many are less fortunate than me, but this simple task doesn't work for a column that is, I don't know what the right word is, accessed? by&nbsp;</P><PRE><CODE class=" language-jsl">col = Column(dt, "Col Name");</CODE></PRE><P>it throws</P><PRE><CODE class=" language-jsl">N Items() argument must be a list</CODE></PRE><P>and proceeds no further.</P><P>Once again, a slew of Google searches with various substitute words only gives very complicated computer scripting problems as hits, not what I am looking for.</P> Fri, 09 Jun 2023 19:51:05 GMT https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/How-to-count-the-number-of-elements-in-a-column-find-the-length/m-p/396559#M64722 mostarr 2023-06-09T19:51:05Z https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/How-to-count-the-number-of-elements-in-a-column-find-the-length/m-p/396564#M64723 <PRE><CODE class=" language-jsl">N Rows();</CODE></PRE><P>doesn't work either, for a column instantiated or accessed the way I was told to do so in a previous post, using Col();.</P> Mon, 28 Jun 2021 17:04:11 GMT https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/How-to-count-the-number-of-elements-in-a-column-find-the-length/m-p/396564#M64723 mostarr 2021-06-28T17:04:11Z https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/How-to-count-the-number-of-elements-in-a-column-find-the-length/m-p/396567#M64724 Ah, but simply getting the N Rows(); of the whole table instead of the individual column does wonders. Thanks. Mon, 28 Jun 2021 17:04:53 GMT https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/How-to-count-the-number-of-elements-in-a-column-find-the-length/m-p/396567#M64724 mostarr 2021-06-28T17:04:53Z