paste()

Here’s how to use paste() function.

T.paste()

Description:

Loop through the records of a sequence to modify the specified field of a table sequence in order.

Syntax:

T.paste(Ai:Fi,…;k)

Note:

The function loops through the records of sequence Ai to modify the values of Fi field of table sequence T from the kth record.

 

The number of records to be modified is decided by the smaller one between Ai’s length and T’s length. The modification will stop once the limit is reached.

Parameter:

T

A table sequence

Ai

A table sequence/record sequence/sequence, whose records/members will be values of Fi field

Fi

The field to be modified; when it isn’t supplied, modify the ith field of T

k

The position the modification starts. The default is 0, in which case records or members will be appended at the end.

Option:

@i

Insert values to Fi field of table sequence T starting from the kth record

Return value:

Table sequence

Example:

 

A

 

1

=demo.query("select * from DEPARTMENT").keys(DEPT)

 

2

=A1.modify(1,"Sales",5)

 

3

=demo.query("select * from DEPARTMENT")

 

4

=A3.paste(A1:DEPT,[20,10,20]:MANAGER;3)

Modify values of records according to different fields.

5

=A3.paste@i(A1:DEPT,[20,10,20]:MANAGER;3)

Insert values according to different fields.