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Given a record or table, produce a list of its columns' names.
Signature
> columns {flags}
Input/output types:
input | output |
---|---|
record | list<string> |
table | list<string> |
Examples
Get the columns from the record
> { acronym:PWD, meaning:'Print Working Directory' } |columns
╭───┬─────────╮
│0│acronym│
│1│meaning│
╰───┴─────────╯
Get the columns from the table
> [[name,age,grade]; [bill,20,a]] |columns
╭───┬───────╮
│0│name│
│1│age│
│2│grade│
╰───┴───────╯
Get the first column from the table
> [[name,age,grade]; [bill,20,a]] |columns|first
Get the second column from the table
> [[name,age,grade]; [bill,20,a]] |columns|select1
Notes
This is a counterpart to values
, which produces a list of columns' values.
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