Add Column Data from One Table to Already Existing Table

[#1]

Hi,

I am trying to add column data from one output table (called "output") to an EXISTING TABLE (called "Stanmore and Lam"), but when I use the join command it creates an empty new output table. My code is as follows:

output = New Table( "Output",
	AddRows( 1 ),
	New Column( "Y (coronal) mm", Numeric, Continuous ),
	New Column( "X (sagittal) mm", Numeric, Continuous )
);
:"Y (coronal) mm" << addRows( 1 );
:"X (sagittal) mm" << addRows( 1 );
:"Y (coronal) mm"[1] = ymax;
:"X (sagittal) mm"[1] = xmax;
dt2 = Open( "Stanmore and Lam.jmp" );
dt2 << Join(
	With( Data Table( output ) ),
	By Matching Columns( :"Y (coronal) mm" = :"Y (coronal) mm", :"X (sagittal) mm" = :"X (sagittal) mm" )
);

Is there any way to simply add row values in a specific column to a pre-existing column (both tables have different numbers of columns and rows) without manually entering the data from one table to another? Thanks!

Noah

[#2 · Accepted solution]

Here is a rework of your script, to make it syntactially proper.  I can not speak to your logic, since you did not include what your variables xmax and ymax are, nor what the data table "Stanmore and Lam" contains

output = New Table( "Output",
	AddRows( 1 ),
	New Column( "Y (coronal) mm", Numeric, Continuous ),
	New Column( "X (sagittal) mm", Numeric, Continuous )
);
// You don't add rows to columns, you add rows to data tables.  But since you have allready added
// a row to the new data table, you don't need to add a second row
//:"Y (coronal) mm" << addRows( 1 );
//:"X (sagittal) mm" << addRows( 1 );

// The proper form for what you are trying to do is:
//   :Name("complex name")
//:"Y (coronal) mm"[1] = ymax;
//:"X (sagittal) mm"[1] = xmax;
:Name("Y (coronal) mm")[1] = ymax;
:Name("X (sagittal) mm")[1] = xmax;

dt2 = Open( "Stanmore and Lam.jmp" );
dt2 << Join(
	With( Data Table( output ) ),
	// You may want to use the "UPDATE" option to copy the matching rows from the joining table to the
	// initial table
	// Update,
	
	// The proper naming structure has been replaced here too
	By Matching Columns( :Name("Y (coronal) mm") = :Name("Y (coronal) mm") , :Name("X (sagittal) mm") = :Name("X (sagittal) mm") )
);

[#3]

Thanks for the quick reply! This syntax works much better for populating a new table with the values I need. This still produces an entirely new table, so is there any way that I can set a reference to it so that I may concatenate it to my "Stan and Lanmore" table? Thanks again!

Noah

[#4]

My comment on the "UPDATE" option will handle that.  Just add

     Update,

to your Join, and it will handle what you want.

[#5]

I was able to set a reference by adding the following to the code you proposed above:

toBeConcat = dt2 << Join(
	With( Data Table( output ) ),
	"Stanmore and Lam",
	Update,
	By Matching Columns(
		:Name( "Y (coronal) mm" ) = :Name( "Y (coronal) mm" ),
		:Name( "X (sagittal) mm" ) = :Name( "X (sagittal) mm" )
		
	)
);
dt2 << Concatenate( toBeConcat, append to first table );

This 1) updates the format of my output to fit that of the Stanmore and Lam table and 2) concatenates that output to the original table without creating a new output data table. So now the code does exactly what I need it to. Thanks so much for your help!