B4P Reference

Function Names

table initialize

Description

This function creates resp. initializes tables and puts the contents provided in the further function parameters into the table.

Call as: procedure or function

Restrictions

Indirect parameter passing is disabled

Parameter count

Parameters

No.	Type	Description
1 input	string	name of new or existing table Table must be existing when using table append... functions. Otherwise, it does not matter.
2 input	set	Initial contents Applicable except for table append on same field: If multiple values (of any valid type) are put into a simple set, e.g. { A text, 123, true, Another text }, then every value will be added in separate rows, column 0. If value are put into nested sets, e.g. ({ Name, Score }, { Alex, 12 }, { Lina, 14 }}, then the items in the nested sets will be written in different columns in the same row.
Alt. 2 input	string	Initial contents Applicable for table append on same field only: One string which will be appended to the existing contents (without any separator characters between) in the last existing column at the right on the last row.

Return value

Type	Description
boolean	Feedback true if successful. false is returned in case of memory allocation exceptions (very rare cases, if at all).

Examples

               include ( Support Library ); // for 'table list'. Will be included automatically when using B4P normally, i.e. not needed.

               table initialize( t1,

               { { Name, Street, Nr }, { Alex,Main St., 231 },Tom,Jerry,{ Tillman,South St., 1 }, { Jane,East Coast St.,3200 East Entrance } } );



               table list( t1 );

Output

    0 : Name    | Street         | Nr                
    1 : Alex    | Main St.       | 231               
    2 : Tom     |                |                   
    3 : Jerry   |                |                   
    4 : Tillman | South St.      | 1                 
    5 : Jane    | East Coast St. | 3200 East Entrance

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

table initialize