Using variables in column formulas

[#1]

I want to change all references to "AGC EXP101P 2" to the variable 'colname' so that when I run the script this code applies to the selected column in the data table and not just the column "AGC EXP101P 2". However, when I try to change it, JMP always reads the variable name as a string in the column formula and doesn't evaluate properly. How do I fix this so that the column formula recognises the variable?

Thanks

[#2 · Accepted solution]

Insert one expression into another using Eval Insert, Eval Expr, Parse, and Substitute is good post regarding this. << Get Selected Columns() does return a list of columns, so you might have to take that into account somehow (not sure why Column(cols) works, but I would suggest changing it to Column(cols[1])).

Edit:

Here is one example what you could do. If you have any questions, please ask!

Names Default To Here(1);

dt = Open("$SAMPLE_DATA/Big Class.jmp");

dt << Select Columns({"height", "weight"});

sel_cols = dt << get selected columns("String");


Eval(EvalExpr(
	dt << New Column("Mean " ||sel_cols[1], Numeric, Continuous, Formula(
		Mean(Expr(NameExpr(AsColumn(dt, sel_cols[1])))[1::20])
	));
));