If statement comparison statement

dg1

Hi! I am having trouble with my if statement below. I was wondering if you guys have any input. Thank you for your help!

Names Default To Here( 1 );
dt = Open(Example.jmp");
columnName = dt << Get Column Names (String);
ncol = 4;
Result = {"Continuous", "Continuous", "Categorical", "Continuous") // this is variable 
ColumnData = {}
 	if ((Result[1] == "Continuous"), // i am getting an error for this statement
 		ColumnData = Column(columnName[i])
              // i want to store just column data and put it into a matrix, and perform operations on it  <BR />             );&nbsp;

(Any ideas on how to better store the column data would also be helpful!)

David_Burnham

To get column values you can send the message Get Values to the column reference.  Based on your logic you are trying to only identify the numeric columns.  To do this you've defiend a list 'Results'  but the list should be terminated with a '}" whereas you have a closing parenthesis ')" (plus you need to terminate the assignment with a semicolon.  In fact, it is easier to add an additional keyword numeric to the Get Column Names message.  Here is an example:

dt = open("$SAMPLE_DATA/Big Class.jmp");
cols = dt << get column names(string,numeric);
for (i=1,i<=nitems(cols),i++,
	data = column(dt,cols[i])<<getValues;
	show(cols[i],data)
);