join columns

[JB]

Thank you, Alain!  This example will
help me out.

John Balgenoth


On Aug 28, 2014, at 12:24 PM, Alain Farmer <alain_farmer at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Correction:
> 
> function insertAsColumn colNumber, dataToInsert, intoThisTable
>     --
>     if the number of lines of dataToInsert is not the number of lines of intoThisTable
>     then die "Error: Lists have different lengths."
>     --
>     set the itemdel to tab
>     repeat for each line x in dataToInsert
>         get line x of dataToInsert
>         put it & tab before item colNumber of line x of intoThisTable
>     end
> repeat
>     return intoThisTable
>     --
> end insertAsColumn
> 
> on die dyingMessage
>     answer dyingMessage
>     exit to top
> end die
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On , Alain Farmer <alain_farmer at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> on insertAsColumn colNumber, dataToInsert, intoThisTable
>     --
>     if the number of lines of dataToInsert is not the number of lines of intoThisTable
>     then die "Error: Lists have different lengths."
>     --
>     set the itemdel to tab
>     repeat for each line x in dataToInsert
>         get line x of dataToInsert
>         put it & tab before item colNumber of line x of intoThisTable
>     end
> repeat
>     return intoThisTable
>     --
> insertAsColumn
> 
> on die dyingMessage
>     answer dyingMessage
>     exit to top
> end die
> 
> 
> 
> On Thursday, August 28, 2014 2:59:04 PM, JB <sundown at pacifier.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> Richard Gaskin wrote a function to get a column
> from a list.
> 
> function GetCol pData, pCol --Richard Gaskin
>     set the itemdel to tab
>     put empty into tReturnList
>     repeat for each line tLine in pData
>         put item pCol of tLine &cr after tReturnList
>     end repeat
>     delete last char of tReturnList -- trailing CR
>     return tReturnList
> end GetCol
> 
> Does anyone know how to convert this so you can
> join the selected columns back together in any
> order you want?
> 
> John
> Balgenorth
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