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ConcatValues ( ValuesOriginal ; ValuesToConcatenate ; ColumnSeparator ; RowSeparator )

Concatenate values which has multiple rows and columns to other values.

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Koji Takeuchi - Show more from this author TonicNote, Inc. https://tonicnote.com

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/* ConcatValues ( ValuesOriginal ; ValuesToConcatenate ; ColumnSeparator ; RowSeparator ) 2018.03.18, Koji Takeuchi <takeuchi@nemoux.com> description: Concatenate values which has multiple rows and columns to other values. ex. $List1 = "George Harrison¶John Lennon¶Paul McCartney¶Ringo Starr" $List2 = "Lead Guitar¶Rythm Guitar¶Base¶Drums" ConcatValues ( $List1 ; $List2 ; "," ; ¶ ) = "George Harrison,Lead Guitar¶John Lennon,Rythm Guitar¶Paul McCartney,Base¶Ringo Starr,Drums" // If you don't specify ColumnSeparator or RowSeparator, "," and "¶" are used by default. */ Case ( not IsEmpty ( ValuesOriginal ) and not IsEmpty ( ValuesToConcatenate ) ; Let ( [ sep_col = Case ( not IsEmpty ( ColumnSeparator ) ; ColumnSeparator ; "," ) ; sep_row = Case ( not IsEmpty ( RowSeparator ) ; RowSeparator ; "¶" ) ; return_separated_org = Case ( sep_row ≠ "¶" ; Substitute ( ValuesOriginal ; [ ¶ ; "<<return_for_separated_value>>" ] ; [ sep_row ; ¶ ] ) ; ValuesOriginal ) ; return_separated_toConcat = Case ( sep_row ≠ "¶" ; Substitute ( ValuesToConcatenate ; [ ¶ ; "<<return_for_separated_value>>" ] ; [ sep_row ; ¶ ] ) ; ValuesToConcatenate ) ; current_row_org = GetValue ( return_separated_org ; 1 ) ; current_row_toConcat = GetValue ( return_separated_toConcat ; 1 ) ; current_result = current_row_org & sep_col & current_row_toConcat ; rest_org_return_separated = RightValues ( return_separated_org ; ValueCount ( return_separated_org ) - 1 ) ; rest_toConcat_return_separated = RightValues ( return_separated_toConcat ; ValueCount ( return_separated_toConcat ) - 1 ) ; rest_value_org = Case ( sep_row ≠ "¶" ; Substitute ( rest_org_return_separated ; [ ¶ ; sep_row ] ; [ "<<return_for_separated_value>>" ; ¶ ] ) ; rest_org_return_separated ) ; rest_value_toConcat = Case ( sep_row ≠ "¶" ; Substitute ( rest_toConcat_return_separated ; [ ¶ ; sep_row ] ; [ "<<return_for_separated_value>>" ; ¶ ] ) ; rest_toConcat_return_separated ) ] ; current_result & Case ( not IsEmpty ( rest_value_org ) or not IsEmpty ( rest_value_toConcat ) ; sep_row & ConcatValues ( rest_value_org ; rest_value_toConcat ; sep_col ; sep_row ) ) ) // Let ) // Case Click to copy

ConcatValues ( ValuesOriginal ; ValuesToConcatenate ; ColumnSeparator ; RowSeparator )
2018.03.18, Koji Takeuchi


description:
Concatenate values which has multiple rows and columns to other values.
ex.
$List1 = "George Harrison¶John Lennon¶Paul McCartney¶Ringo Starr"
$List2 = "Lead Guitar¶Rythm Guitar¶Base¶Drums"

ConcatValues ( $List1 ; $List2 ; "," ; ¶ )
= "George Harrison,Lead Guitar¶John Lennon,Rythm Guitar¶Paul McCartney,Base¶Ringo Starr,Drums"

// If you don't specify ColumnSeparator or RowSeparator, "," and "¶" are used by default.

 

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