f. iselect()

f.iselect(A,x;F_i,…;s)

Retrieve records from file f that is ordered by field/expression x, according to the criterion that the values of x should be members of sequence A

f.iselect(a:b,x;F_i,…;s)

Retrieve records from file f that is ordered by field/expression x, according to the criterion that the values of x should fall in the interval [a:b]

f

A file object

A

A single value or a sequence

[a:b]

Value range of field name/expression x. Get values from the start when a is absent and get values until the end when b is absent

x

Field name/expression; the sign # is used to represent a field with a sequence number.

F_i

Fields to be retrieved, and all fields will be retrieved by default

s

User-defined separator. The default is tab. When the parameter is omitted, the comma preceding it can be omitted, too

@t

Use the first row of f as the field names. If omitted, then use_1,_2,… as the default field names

@b

Retrieve data from a binary file exported in the export method, with the support for parameters A, x and F_i, and with no support available for parameter s. Ignore options @t, @c, @r, @q, @o, @k, @d, @v and @n. Segments containing no records may appear if it is a file containing a small number of records; an error report will appear if the file isn’t segmented when being retrieved

@c

Use comma as the separator when parameter s is absent

@r

Find all records with the same value of x field; by default, x is distinct in the file f

@q

First remove quotation marks surrounding strings, including the headers, and then handle the escaping

@o

Use quotation marks as the escape character

@k

Retain white spaces on both sides of the data item; without it white spaces on both ends will be automatically deleted

@e

Return a null column if parameter F_i doesn’t exist; the default way of handling is to report error

@d

Perform type matching and delete a record if there is mismatching data type or format in it

@v

Throw an exception, terminate execution, and output the content of the current record when errors appear in @d check and @n check

@n

Discard a row whose number of columns doesn’t match the number in the first row

A

1

=to(1:10)

2

=file("E:/files/employee.txt").iselect(A1,#1;;"|")

Below is the file employee.txt:

The first column is ordered and is separated from the next column by "|". No fields are specified to be retrieved, so all will be retrieved – if the value of the first one is in sequence A1 –  and returned as a cursor.

3

=A2.fetch()

4

=file("E:/files/employee1.txt").iselect@t(A1,EID;EID,SALARY)

Below is the file employee1.txt:

Retrieve corresponding EID and SALARY fields value – if EID value is in sequence A1 – and return them as a cursor.

5

=A4.fetch()

6

=file("E:/files/employee2.txt").iselect@tc(A1,EID)

Below is the file employee2.txt:

Comma is used as the seperator.

7

=A6.fetch()

8

=file("E:/files/employee3.txt").iselect@b(A1,EID)

Retrieve the bin file employee3.txt exported through f.export@z(A,x:F,...;s) and get records where EID≤1 and ≥10.

9

=A8.fetch()

10

=file("E:/files/employee1.txt").iselect@t(1:10,EID;EID,SALARY)

Retrieve EID field and SALARY field according to the condition that EID≤1 and ≥10.

11

=A10.fetch()

Same result as A5.

12

=file("D:/Sale2.txt").iselect@tr(7,ID;ID,ENAME)

Retrieve all records where ID is 7 from Sales2.txt:

13

=A12.fetch()

14

=file("D:/Department1.txt").iselect@t(1:5,id;id,name;"|").fetch()

15

=file("D:/Department1.txt").iselect@tk(2,id;id,name;"|").fetch()

Use @k option to retain whitespaces on both sides of the data item.

16

=file("D:/Department1.txt").iselect@tq(1,id;id,name;"|").fetch()

Remove quotation marks surrounding strings.

17

=file("D:/Department1.txt").iselect@tqo(5,id;id,name;"|").fetch()

18

=file("D:/emp1.txt").iselect@et(2:5,EID;EID,SALARY,SEX).fetch()

Below is the file emp1.txt:

With @e option, the function returns an empty corresponding column since column SEX doesn’t exist in the file.

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=file("D:/emp1.txt").iselect@tn(7:10,EID;EID,NAME,SALARY).fetch()

Discard the row where EID is 10 since its number of columns isn’t the same as that in the first row.

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=file("D:/emp2.txt ").iselect@t(A1,EID-5;;",").fetch()

Get 10 records whose EIDs are from 5 to 15 and which satisfy the specified expression.

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=file("D:/emp2.txt ").iselect@t(1：10,EID-5;;",").fetch()

Use an interval to get the same result.