Data Set Data Model: _getColumnNumber

Data Set Data Model: _getColumnNumber

Returns the column number for a column

Syntax
Details

Syntax

CALL SEND (object-id, '_getColumnNumber', col-name, col-num);

Argument Type Description

col-name
C specifies the name of the column for which the number is requested

col-num
N returns the number for the named column or -1 if the column does not exist

Argument	Type	Description
col-name	C	specifies the name of the column for which the number is requested
col-num	N	returns the number for the named column or `-1` if the column does not exist

Details

The assignment of column numbers is independent of whether the column is displayed in a viewer because the number returned is the position of that column inside the table (data set). In other words, you can call _getColumnNumber for hidden, unhidden, and computed columns.

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