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update cells command 0.59.0

Update the table cells.

Signature

> update cells (block) --columns

Parameters

  • block: the block to run an update for each cell
  • --columns {table}: list of columns to update

Examples

Update the zero value cells to empty strings.

> [
    [2021-04-16, 2021-06-10, 2021-09-18, 2021-10-15, 2021-11-16, 2021-11-17, 2021-11-18];
    [        37,          0,          0,          0,         37,          0,          0]
] | update cells {|value|
      if $value == 0 {
        ""
      } else {
        $value
      }
}

Update the zero value cells to empty strings in 2 last columns.

> [
    [2021-04-16, 2021-06-10, 2021-09-18, 2021-10-15, 2021-11-16, 2021-11-17, 2021-11-18];
    [        37,          0,          0,          0,         37,          0,          0]
] | update cells -c ["2021-11-18", "2021-11-17"] {|value|
        if $value == 0 {
          ""
        } else {
          $value
        }
}