How to select data in column based on the position of a value

lukasz

Hello everybody,

iteratively for each item group I need to select data from column Param2 based on the row position of the "1" in the column Param (see picture below). How can I do that?

Best regards

txnelson

Here is little script that recreates your sample data table, and then does the selection

Names Default To Here( 1 );
// recreate the example data table
dt = New Table( "Example",
	Add Rows( 14 ),
	New Column( "Item",
		Character,
		"Nominal",
		Set Values( {"A", "A", "A", "A", "A", "B", "B", "B", "B", "B", "C", "C", "C", "C"} )
	),
	New Column( "Param",
		Numeric,
		"Continuous",
		Format( "Best", 12 ),
		Set Values( [0.8, 1, 0.9, 1.1, 1.2, 0.9, 0.8, 1, 0.7, 0.8, 0.5, 1, 0.9, 1.1] ),
		Set Display Width( 46 )
	),
	New Column( "Param2",
		Numeric,
		"Continuous",
		Format( "Best", 12 ),
		Set Values( [2.1, 2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 3.3, 3.2, 3.4, 3, 3.7, 2.5, 5.5, 5.4, 5.6] )
	)
);

// select the required rows
Summarize( dt, group = by( :Item ) );
dt << clear select;
For( i = 1, i <= N Items( group ), i++,
	theRow = (dt << get rows where( :Item == group[i] & :Param == 1 ))[1];
	dt << select where( :Item == group[i] & Row() >= theRow, current selection( "extend" ) );
);