AppendToColumn

NAME AppendToColumn

PROTOTYPE

#include "SSTable.h"

int SSTable::AppendToColumn(ReVarCifArray<CifString> & theCol,
                            int colIndex);
int SSTable::AppendToColumn(ReVarCifArray<CifString> & theCol,
                            CifString & colName);

EXAMPLE

#include "SSTable.h"

SSTable * pTable = new SSTable();
ReVarCifArray<CifString> some_column;
CifString cs;
int errCode = 0;

while (tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
  cs = (char *) tokenizer.GetNextToken();
  some_column.Add(cs);
  cs.Clear();
}

cs = "LastColumn";

if ( (errCode = pTable->AddColumn(cs.Text(), 0)) >= 0) {
  pTable->FillColumn(some_column, pTable->GetColumnIndex(
    cs.Text()));
  // Double the data!!
  pTable->AppendToColumn(some_column, pTable->GetColumnIndex(
    cs.Text()));
  // Triple it!!!
  pTable->AppendToColumn(some_column, cs);
} else
  log_error(SSTable::GetErrorMessage(errCode));

PURPOSE

AppendToColumn appends an array of CifStrings to the data of the specified column. This is ok even if the data goes beyond the number of rows, but it can lead to non-rectangular tables. The second form of this method is a convenience method to avoid explicit column index lookup.

RECEIVES

AppendToColumn(ReVarCifArray<CifString> &, int)

theCol	An array of CifStrings to append to the column.
colIndex	The index of the column where the data is to be appended. Keep in mind that the first column is column 0.

AppendToColumn(ReVarCifArray<CifString> &, CifString &)

theCol	An array of CifStrings to append to the column.
colName	The name of the column where the data is to be appended.

RETURN VALUE

A negative value indicates an error or warning.

REMARKS

None