Color cells for values that do not appear the most in each row

aserino

Hi all,

 

I've been struggling to put together something that works for this.

 

I'd like to iterate over each row and color the cells whose value appears NOT the most. For example, using the following table:

 

	RowNames	Store1	Store2	Store3	Store4	Store5
1	Animal	Cat	Dog	Cat	Cat	Bird
2	Cost	10	12	8	10	6

 

Row 1: highlight Dog and Bird

Row 2: highlight 12, 8, and 6

 

Thanks!

 

txnelson

Here is a script that works for your example data table, and with a little work, should work for whatever tables you need it to work with

Names Default To Here( 1 );
dt = New Table( "example",
	Add Rows( 2 ),
	New Column( "RowNames", Character( 16 ), "Nominal", Set Values( {"Animal", "Cost"} ) ),
	New Column( "Store1", Character( 16 ), "Nominal", Set Values( {"Cat", "10"} ) ),
	New Column( "Store2", Character( 16 ), "Nominal", Set Values( {"Dog", "12"} ) ),
	New Column( "Store3", Character( 16 ), "Nominal", Set Values( {"Cat", "8"} ) ),
	New Column( "Store4", Character( 16 ), "Nominal", Set Values( {"Cat", "10"} ) ),
	New Column( "Store5", Character( 16 ), "Nominal", Set Values( {"Bird", "6"} ) )
);

// Add a new column to use as a pointer to the row 
dt << New Column( "TheRow", formula( Row() ) );
// Convert to static values for TheRow
dt:TheRow << delete formula;

// Stack the columns in question, so the processing can be done all at once
dtStack = dt << Stack(
	columns( :Store1, :Store2, :Store3, :Store4, :Store5 ),
	Source Label Column( "Label" ),
	Stacked Data Column( "Data" ),
	Name( "Non-stacked columns" )(Keep( :TheRow ))
);

// Summarize the data to find the max count for each row values
dtSum = dtStack << Summary(
	Group( :TheRow, :Data ),
	Freq( "None" ),
	Weight( "None" ),
	Link to Original Data Table( 0 )
);

Close( dtStack, nosave );

// Add a new column to represent the maximums
dtSum << New Column( "TheMax",
	formula( If( :N Rows == Col Maximum( :N Rows, :TheRow ), 1, 0 ) )
);

// Delete the non max rows in the table
dtSum << select where( :TheMax == 0 );
dtSum << delete rows;

// Create a new table that has only one row for each row in the original data table
// and has a column for each maximum value found
dtSplit = dtSum << Split(
	Split By( :Data ),
	Split( :Data ),
	Group( :TheRow ),
	Remaining Columns( Drop All ),
	Sort by Column Property
);

Close( dtSum, nosave );

// Add a column that concatenates all values into one
theColumns = dtSplit << get column names;
theColumns = Remove( theColumns, 1, 1 );
dtSplit << Combine Columns(
	delimiter( "," ),
	Columns( Eval( theColumns ) ),
	Column Name( "The Maximums" )
);

// Delete the nonessential columns
dtSplit << delete columns( theColumns );

// attach the found maximumns to the original data table
dt = dt << Update( With( dtSplit ), Match Columns( :TheRow = :TheRow ) );

Close( dtSplit, nosave );

// Color the cells
For( i = 1, i <= N Rows( dt ), i++,
	theList = As List( Words( dt:The Maximums[i], "," ) );
	If( N Rows( Loc( theList, dt:Store1[i] ) ) == 0,
		dt:Store1 << Color Cells( "Red", i )
	);
	If( N Rows( Loc( theList, dt:Store2[i] ) ) == 0,
		dt:Store2 << Color Cells( "Red", i )
	);
	If( N Rows( Loc( theList, dt:Store3[i] ) ) == 0,
		dt:Store3 << Color Cells( "Red", i )
	);
	If( N Rows( Loc( theList, dt:Store4[i] ) ) == 0,
		dt:Store4 << Color Cells( "Red", i )
	);
	If( N Rows( Loc( theList, dt:Store5[i] ) ) == 0,
		dt:Store5 << Color Cells( "Red", i )
	);
);

// Cleanup
dt << delete columns( {"TheRow", "The Maximums"} );