Data Functions

Revision as of 16:23, 11 April 2013

Data Functions manipulate data. Data can be represented in the form of variables, lists, and tables.

List of Data Functions

• $list total: Returns the total number of items in a list
• $list position: Returns the position of a specific list item
• $random list item: Returns a randomly selected item from a list
• $next list item: Returns the list item at the list's current position and increments the list's position (used with the set list position command)
• $previous list item: Returns the list item at the list's current position and decrements the list's position
• $list item: Returns a list item at a specified position
• $read file: Returns the contents of a file
• $list from file: Returns a list made up of each item within a file.
• $list from text: Returns a list of items by separating the text into separate items based on a delimiter
• $text from list: Returns text based on connecting each list item by a connector
• $subtract lists: Returns the first list with all items from the second list removed from it (Pro and Dev Editons Only)
• $sort lists: Returns the original list sorted in ascending or descending order (Pro and Dev Editons Only)
• $common list items: Returns a new list containing the common items between the first and second list (Pro and Dev Editons Only)
• $table cell: Returns the value of a table cell
• $table total rows: Returns the number of rows in a table
• $table total columns: Returns the number of columns in a table
• $table search: Returns the row index or the column index where a specific string is located in a table
• $list as table: Returns the contents of a specified row or column as list items