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Stokes
Level IV

How to select column from 1 to n

I am trying to select transpose column by the column number,

Considering there are too many column, is there a way to select from column(1) to column(n)

I am currently using below method which won't work when n>9999.

Thanks

 

Transpose(
columns(
Column( 3 ),
Column( 4 ),
.............
Column( 9999 ))

2 REPLIES 2
jthi
Super User

Re: How to select column from 1 to n

First create list of strings with column names (many ways to do this, in the example I use transform Each and index) and then use Eval in Columns().

 

Something like this:

Names Default To Here(1);

//setup example data
dt = Open("$SAMPLE_DATA/Blood Pressure.jmp");
Column(3) << Set Name("1");
Column(4) << Set Name("2");
Column(5) << Set Name("3");
Column(6) << Set Name("4");
Column(7) << Set Name("5");

col_list = Transform Each({num}, AsList(Index(1, 5)`), Char(num)); //JMP16
dt << Transpose(
	columns(Eval(col_list)),
	By(:Dose),
	Label(:Subject)
);
-Jarmo
txnelson
Super User

Re: How to select column from 1 to n

Here is my take on the issue, where you can just specift which column numbers you want to transform

Names Default To Here( 1 );

//setup example data
dt = Open( "$SAMPLE_DATA/Blood Pressure.jmp" );

// add a complex col name to insure script can handle them
dt:bp 8m << set name( "BP+8M" );

// make table large
For( i = 1, i <= 11000, i++,
	dt << New Column( Column( dt, Mod( i, 9 ) + 3 ) << get name,
		set each value( As Column( dt, Mod( i, 9 ) + 3 ) )
	)
);
// get rid of first 2 non useful columns
dt << delete columns( 1, 2 );

// get list of col names
colList = dt << get column names();

//set column numbers to be used
startColNum = 5;
endColNum = 10100;

// transform columns
transList = {};
For( i = startColNum , i <= endColNum, i++,
	Insert Into( transList, colList[i] )
);
dt << Transpose( columns( transList ) );
Jim

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