B4P Reference

Function Names

table arrange, table arrange with spacing

Description

Theses simple functions arrange multiple tables side-by-side, with or without spacing (1 blank column) inbetween.
Function 'table arrange'

Call as: procedure

Restrictions

Indirect parameter passing is enabled

Parameter count

2-4

Parameters

No.	Type	Description
1. input	string	Name of destination table The other tables are arranged on the right-hand side next to this table.
2, 3, etc. input	string	Name of additional table(s)

Examples

       table initialize( t1, { { Left, Right }, { L1, R1 }, { L2, R2 }, { L3, R3 }, { L4 , R4 } } );

       table initialize( t2, { { Animal, Size, Leg count }, { ant, tiny, 6 }, { donkey, big, 4 }, { whale, huge, 0 } } );

       table initialize( t3, { City, Aberdeen, Boston, Charlotteville, Denver } );



       table copy table( t1, t0 );



       table arrange( t0, t2, t3 );

       table list( t0 );



       echo("This one is with spacing");

       table arrange with spacing( { t1 .. t3 } ); // Note: Indirect parameter passing demonstrated here

       table list( t1 );

Output

    0 : Left | Right | Animal | Size | Leg count | City          
    1 : L1   | R1    | ant    | tiny | 6         | Aberdeen      
    2 : L2   | R2    | donkey | big  | 4         | Boston        
    3 : L3   | R3    | whale  | huge | 0         | Charlotteville
    4 : L4   | R4    |        |      |           | Denver        

This one is with spacing
    0 : Left | Right |  | Animal | Size | Leg count |  | City          
    1 : L1   | R1    |  | ant    | tiny | 6         |  | Aberdeen      
    2 : L2   | R2    |  | donkey | big  | 4         |  | Boston        
    3 : L3   | R3    |  | whale  | huge | 0         |  | Charlotteville
    4 : L4   | R4    |  |        |      |           |  | Denver

Try it yourself: Open LIB_Function_table_arrange.b4p in B4P_Examples.zip. Decompress before use.

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