Re: Counting unique items in a file
function getUniqueNames inData,pColumn split inData by column split inData[pColumn] by return and return combine inData[pColumn] by return and space return inData[pColumn] end getUniqueNames Jim Lambert ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
RE: Counting unique items in a file
I would change the first line below and add one line and one parameter(dateTimeColumn). This assumes that the date/time is converted into seconds or milliseconds). add 1 to uNames[item pColumn of l]["Count"] if item dateTimeColumn of l > uNames[item pColumn of l]["DateTime"] then put item dateTimeColumn of l into uNames[item pColumn of l]["DateTime"] Then the returned array will still have the keys of all unique drivers and each key will have 2 keys "Count" and "Datetime" Ralph DiMola IT Director Evergreen Information Services rdim...@evergreeninfo.net -Original Message- From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Skip Kimpel via use-livecode Sent: Monday, April 27, 2020 3:29 PM To: How to use LiveCode Cc: Skip Kimpel Subject: Re: Counting unique items in a file All of that works perfectly. Thank you everybody! Let's through a layer of complexity in here... each of of those names has another column with a time associated with it, for instance "13:02:58" I would like to only show the LATEST time associated with that particular name. Premise behind this whole exercise: I have a list of drivers and I want to produce a report that shows the driver name, number of jobs (both of these accomplished through the last script) and when they finished their last delivery. Should I just break this out into a separate function or would it make sense to modify this function to fit these additional needs? SKIP On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 3:05 PM Skip Kimpel wrote: > Silly me... of course. Thank you, Dunbarx for pointing out the > obvious :) > > SKIP > > On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 2:27 PM dunbarx--- via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> Hi. >> You are getting empty because the information returned from the >> function is an array. >> "combine " the array with "return and "comma" >> Craig >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Skip Kimpel via use-livecode >> To: Dan Friedman >> Cc: Skip Kimpel ; How to use LiveCode < >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> >> Sent: Mon, Apr 27, 2020 1:52 pm >> Subject: Re: Counting unique items in a file >> >> Thanks Dan! >> >> Upon very quick implementation, I am getting empty results back. I >> think I need to play around with this a little bit more but I feel >> you got me on the right track. >> >> Thanks again, >> >> SKIP >> >> On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 1:34 PM Dan Friedman >> >> wrote: >> >> > Skip, >> > >> > Haven't tested, but pope about this... >> > >> > function getUniqueNames inData,pColumn put "" into uNames set the >> > itemDel to tab repeat for each line l in inData >> >add 1 to uNames[item pColumn of l] end repeat >> > >> > return uNames >> > end getUniqueNames >> > >> > You should get back an array keyed by the unique names, and how >> > many instances of each one >> > >> > >> > -Dan >> > >> > >> > >> > On 4/27/20, 10:25 AM, "use-livecode on behalf of Skip Kimpel via >> > use-livecode" > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> > >> >Good afternoon LC'ers, >> > >> >I am loading a tab delimited file into a variable and I need to >> > pull out >> >all unique names from a certain column (let's say column 10) and >> count >> > how >> >many times that name appears in that column. >> > >> >I know there has to be an easy way of doing it. Every time I >> > try to start >> >coding this it get wyyy too long :) >> > >> >Simple approach? >> > >> >SKIP >> >___ >> >use-livecode mailing list >> >use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> >Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> > subscription preferences: >> >http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > >> > >> ___ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> ___ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Counting unique items in a file
All of that works perfectly. Thank you everybody! Let's through a layer of complexity in here... each of of those names has another column with a time associated with it, for instance "13:02:58" I would like to only show the LATEST time associated with that particular name. Premise behind this whole exercise: I have a list of drivers and I want to produce a report that shows the driver name, number of jobs (both of these accomplished through the last script) and when they finished their last delivery. Should I just break this out into a separate function or would it make sense to modify this function to fit these additional needs? SKIP On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 3:05 PM Skip Kimpel wrote: > Silly me... of course. Thank you, Dunbarx for pointing out the obvious :) > > SKIP > > On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 2:27 PM dunbarx--- via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> Hi. >> You are getting empty because the information returned from the function >> is an array. >> "combine " the array with "return and "comma" >> Craig >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Skip Kimpel via use-livecode >> To: Dan Friedman >> Cc: Skip Kimpel ; How to use LiveCode < >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> >> Sent: Mon, Apr 27, 2020 1:52 pm >> Subject: Re: Counting unique items in a file >> >> Thanks Dan! >> >> Upon very quick implementation, I am getting empty results back. I think >> I >> need to play around with this a little bit more but I feel you got me on >> the right track. >> >> Thanks again, >> >> SKIP >> >> On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 1:34 PM Dan Friedman >> wrote: >> >> > Skip, >> > >> > Haven't tested, but pope about this... >> > >> > function getUniqueNames inData,pColumn >> > put "" into uNames >> > set the itemDel to tab >> > repeat for each line l in inData >> >add 1 to uNames[item pColumn of l] >> > end repeat >> > >> > return uNames >> > end getUniqueNames >> > >> > You should get back an array keyed by the unique names, and how many >> > instances of each one >> > >> > >> > -Dan >> > >> > >> > >> > On 4/27/20, 10:25 AM, "use-livecode on behalf of Skip Kimpel via >> > use-livecode" > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> > >> >Good afternoon LC'ers, >> > >> >I am loading a tab delimited file into a variable and I need to pull >> > out >> >all unique names from a certain column (let's say column 10) and >> count >> > how >> >many times that name appears in that column. >> > >> >I know there has to be an easy way of doing it. Every time I try to >> > start >> >coding this it get wyyy too long :) >> > >> >Simple approach? >> > >> >SKIP >> >___ >> >use-livecode mailing list >> >use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> >Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> > subscription preferences: >> >http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > >> > >> ___ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> ___ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Counting unique items in a file
Silly me... of course. Thank you, Dunbarx for pointing out the obvious :) SKIP On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 2:27 PM dunbarx--- via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Hi. > You are getting empty because the information returned from the function > is an array. > "combine " the array with "return and "comma" > Craig > > > -Original Message- > From: Skip Kimpel via use-livecode > To: Dan Friedman > Cc: Skip Kimpel ; How to use LiveCode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > Sent: Mon, Apr 27, 2020 1:52 pm > Subject: Re: Counting unique items in a file > > Thanks Dan! > > Upon very quick implementation, I am getting empty results back. I think I > need to play around with this a little bit more but I feel you got me on > the right track. > > Thanks again, > > SKIP > > On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 1:34 PM Dan Friedman > wrote: > > > Skip, > > > > Haven't tested, but pope about this... > > > > function getUniqueNames inData,pColumn > > put "" into uNames > > set the itemDel to tab > > repeat for each line l in inData > >add 1 to uNames[item pColumn of l] > > end repeat > > > > return uNames > > end getUniqueNames > > > > You should get back an array keyed by the unique names, and how many > > instances of each one > > > > > > -Dan > > > > > > > > On 4/27/20, 10:25 AM, "use-livecode on behalf of Skip Kimpel via > > use-livecode" > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > >Good afternoon LC'ers, > > > >I am loading a tab delimited file into a variable and I need to pull > > out > >all unique names from a certain column (let's say column 10) and count > > how > >many times that name appears in that column. > > > >I know there has to be an easy way of doing it. Every time I try to > > start > >coding this it get wyyy too long :) > > > >Simple approach? > > > >SKIP > >___ > >use-livecode mailing list > >use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > >Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > subscription preferences: > >http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > > > ___ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > ___ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Counting unique items in a file
Hi. You are getting empty because the information returned from the function is an array. "combine " the array with "return and "comma" Craig -Original Message- From: Skip Kimpel via use-livecode To: Dan Friedman Cc: Skip Kimpel ; How to use LiveCode Sent: Mon, Apr 27, 2020 1:52 pm Subject: Re: Counting unique items in a file Thanks Dan! Upon very quick implementation, I am getting empty results back. I think I need to play around with this a little bit more but I feel you got me on the right track. Thanks again, SKIP On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 1:34 PM Dan Friedman wrote: > Skip, > > Haven't tested, but pope about this... > > function getUniqueNames inData,pColumn > put "" into uNames > set the itemDel to tab > repeat for each line l in inData > add 1 to uNames[item pColumn of l] > end repeat > > return uNames > end getUniqueNames > > You should get back an array keyed by the unique names, and how many > instances of each one > > > -Dan > > > > On 4/27/20, 10:25 AM, "use-livecode on behalf of Skip Kimpel via > use-livecode" use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Good afternoon LC'ers, > > I am loading a tab delimited file into a variable and I need to pull > out > all unique names from a certain column (let's say column 10) and count > how > many times that name appears in that column. > > I know there has to be an easy way of doing it. Every time I try to > start > coding this it get wyyy too long :) > > Simple approach? > > SKIP > ___ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Counting unique items in a file
Thanks Dan! Upon very quick implementation, I am getting empty results back. I think I need to play around with this a little bit more but I feel you got me on the right track. Thanks again, SKIP On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 1:34 PM Dan Friedman wrote: > Skip, > > Haven't tested, but pope about this... > > function getUniqueNames inData,pColumn > put "" into uNames > set the itemDel to tab > repeat for each line l in inData > add 1 to uNames[item pColumn of l] > end repeat > > return uNames > end getUniqueNames > > You should get back an array keyed by the unique names, and how many > instances of each one > > > -Dan > > > > On 4/27/20, 10:25 AM, "use-livecode on behalf of Skip Kimpel via > use-livecode" use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Good afternoon LC'ers, > > I am loading a tab delimited file into a variable and I need to pull > out > all unique names from a certain column (let's say column 10) and count > how > many times that name appears in that column. > > I know there has to be an easy way of doing it. Every time I try to > start > coding this it get wyyy too long :) > > Simple approach? > > SKIP > ___ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Counting unique items in a file
Skip, Haven't tested, but pope about this... function getUniqueNames inData,pColumn put "" into uNames set the itemDel to tab repeat for each line l in inData add 1 to uNames[item pColumn of l] end repeat return uNames end getUniqueNames You should get back an array keyed by the unique names, and how many instances of each one -Dan On 4/27/20, 10:25 AM, "use-livecode on behalf of Skip Kimpel via use-livecode" wrote: Good afternoon LC'ers, I am loading a tab delimited file into a variable and I need to pull out all unique names from a certain column (let's say column 10) and count how many times that name appears in that column. I know there has to be an easy way of doing it. Every time I try to start coding this it get wyyy too long :) Simple approach? SKIP ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Counting unique items in a file
Good afternoon LC'ers, I am loading a tab delimited file into a variable and I need to pull out all unique names from a certain column (let's say column 10) and count how many times that name appears in that column. I know there has to be an easy way of doing it. Every time I try to start coding this it get wyyy too long :) Simple approach? SKIP ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
