# empty? Check for empty values. Pass the column names to check emptiness. Optionally pass a block as the last parameter if setting contents to empty columns is wanted. ## Examples Check if a value is empty ```shell > echo '' | empty? true ``` Given the following meals ```shell > echo [[meal size]; [arepa small] [taco '']] ═══╦═══════╦═══════ # ║ meal ║ size ═══╬═══════╬═══════ 0 ║ arepa ║ small 1 ║ taco ║ ═══╩═══════╩═══════ ``` Show the empty contents ```shell > echo [[meal size]; [arepa small] [taco '']] | empty? meal size ═══╦═══════╦═══════ # ║ meal ║ size ═══╬═══════╬═══════ 0 ║ false ║ false 1 ║ false ║ true ═══╩═══════╩═══════ ``` Let's assume we have a report of totals per day. For simplicity we show just for three days `2020/04/16`, `2020/07/10`, and `2020/11/16`. Like so ```shell > echo [[2020/04/16 2020/07/10 2020/11/16]; ['' 27 37]] ═══╦════════════╦════════════╦════════════ # ║ 2020/04/16 ║ 2020/07/10 ║ 2020/11/16 ═══╬════════════╬════════════╬════════════ 0 ║ ║ 27 ║ 37 ═══╩════════════╩════════════╩════════════ ``` In the future, the report now has many totals logged per day. In this example, we have 1 total for the day `2020/07/10` and `2020/11/16` like so ```shell > echo [[2020/04/16 2020/07/10 2020/11/16]; ['' [27] [37]]] ═══╦════════════╦════════════════╦════════════════ # ║ 2020/04/16 ║ 2020/07/10 ║ 2020/11/16 ═══╬════════════╬════════════════╬════════════════ 0 ║ ║ [table 1 rows] ║ [table 1 rows] ═══╩════════════╩════════════════╩════════════════ ``` We want to add two totals (numbers `33` and `37`) for the day `2020/04/16` Set a table with two numbers for the empty column ```shell > echo [[2020/04/16 2020/07/10 2020/11/16]; ['' [27] [37]]] | empty? 2020/04/16 { = [33 37] } ═══╦════════════════╦════════════════╦════════════════ # ║ 2020/04/16 ║ 2020/07/10 ║ 2020/11/16 ═══╬════════════════╬════════════════╬════════════════ 0 ║ [table 2 rows] ║ [table 1 rows] ║ [table 1 rows] ═══╩════════════════╩════════════════╩════════════════ ``` Checking all the numbers ```shell > echo [[2020/04/16 2020/07/10 2020/11/16]; ['' [27] [37]]] | empty? 2020/04/16 { = [33 37] } | pivot _ totals | get totals ═══╦════ 0 ║ 33 1 ║ 37 2 ║ 27 3 ║ 37 ═══╩════ ```