Can simplify the script when opening text files with JSL?

[#1]

Hello!

For example, if I import a text file like this, if my text file has a large number of columns, 

dt = Open( "$SAMPLE_DATA/Big Class.jmp" );
dt << Save( "D:\Big.txt" );
Close( dt, nosave );
dt = Open(
	"D:\Big.txt",
	Charset( "gb2312" ),
	columns(
		New Column( "name", Character, "Nominal" ),
		New Column( "age", Numeric, "Continuous", Format( "Best", 12 ) ),
		New Column( "sex", Character, "Nominal" ),
		New Column( "height", Numeric, "Continuous", Format( "Best", 12 ) ),
		New Column( "weight", Numeric, "Continuous", Format( "Best", 12 ) )
	),
	Import Settings(
		End Of Line( CRLF, CR, LF ),
		End Of Field( Comma, CSV( 0 ) ),
		Strip Quotes( 1 ),
		Use Apostrophe as Quotation Mark( 0 ),
		Use Regional Settings( 0 ),
		Scan Whole File( 1 ),
		Treat empty columns as numeric( 0 ),
		CompressNumericColumns( 0 ),
		CompressCharacterColumns( 0 ),
		CompressAllowListCheck( 0 ),
		Labels( 1 ),
		Column Names Start( 1 ),
		Data Starts( 2 ),
		Lines To Read( "All" ),
		Year Rule( "20xx" )
	)
);

can these repeated letters be replaced by variables?

abc="Numeric, \!"Continuous\!", Format( \!"Best\!", 12 )"

dt = Open(
	"D:\Big.txt",
	Charset( "gb2312" ),
	columns(
		New Column( "name", Character, "Nominal" ),
		New Column( "age",abc ),
		New Column( "sex", Character, "Nominal" ),
		New Column( "height",abc ),
		New Column( "weight",abc )
	),
	Import Settings(
		End Of Line( CRLF, CR, LF ),
		End Of Field( Comma, CSV( 0 ) ),
		Strip Quotes( 1 ),
		Use Apostrophe as Quotation Mark( 0 ),
		Use Regional Settings( 0 ),
		Scan Whole File( 1 ),
		Treat empty columns as numeric( 0 ),
		CompressNumericColumns( 0 ),
		CompressCharacterColumns( 0 ),
		CompressAllowListCheck( 0 ),
		Labels( 1 ),
		Column Names Start( 1 ),
		Data Starts( 2 ),
		Lines To Read( "All" ),
		Year Rule( "20xx" )
	)
);

？？

Thanks!

[#2 · Accepted solution]

You can dramatically simplify the script - you just need to experiment with what is required.  I would always take out the column references and process them after the import, for e3xample:

dt = Open("$DOWNLOADS/Big Class.txt");
column(dt,"age") << set modeling type("nominal");