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Fill Data Table Columns with Sequential Data

Hello,

a newbie question:

Is there an option to use the "Fill" option with the sequential character ordinal data?

Currently the sequence of Character data is only repeated, and is not continued.

For example, I write "User 1", "User 2", "User 3", and want to continue the sequence till the end of the table (100 rows)
if I highlight the data I've entered and choose the "Fill to end of table", i get the repetitions of the first three rows.

Thanks in advance

3 REPLIES 3
jthi
Super User

Re: Fill Data Table Columns with Sequential Data

You could create one column with the numbers from 1-100 and then other with only "User". Then use formula to combine those two, remove formula and remove the original columns.

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Column with "User" values should be first in the table

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Then remove unnecessary columns if needed

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Select Remove Formula here

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-Jarmo
txnelson
Super User

Re: Fill Data Table Columns with Sequential Data

I find a little JSL can go a long way for simple tasks such as this.

New Table( "example",
	add rows( 100 ),
	New Column( "sequence", character, set each value( "User " || char( Row() ) ) )
);
Jim
Georg
Level VII

Re: Fill Data Table Columns with Sequential Data

In addition to jthi and Jim here how the formula can be built interactively as well:

 

Georg