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gregson06
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Can anyone point me in the right direction? I am trying to do a running count/total for a list of items that will reset back to 1 after each group. For example. If I have a list of cars by country, I would like to list each alphabetically but to start from 1 through n for each list.

Each car would be listed like:


1 Mazda CX-9 2007
2 Nissan wb 2007
3 Subaru Outback 2006

Then for the next list/group it would begin again:

1 Buick Skylark 1980
2 Chevrolet Truck 2005
3 Ford GT 2005

So far I can only get the list to count in one direction using a
DEFINE
CNTR/I6 WITH ID = CNTR+1;

But I can't figure out how to get it to reset back to 1 after each grouping. Has anyone done anything like this?
 
Posts: 87 | Registered: August 03, 2006Report This Post
susannah
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simplest answer, Greg ...
Its all about the word LAST
lets assume your file is in COUNTRY order, the order you want to print ...
DEFINE FILE CAR
CNTR/I5 WITH ID = IF COUNTRY NE LAST COUNTRY THEN 1 ELSE 1 + LAST CNTR;
END



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Darin Lee
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But that assumes that your records are already sorted in COUNTRY order.


Regards,

Darin


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Posts: 2298 | Location: Salt Lake City, Utah | Registered: February 02, 2007Report This Post
Francis Mariani
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What about LIST:

TABLE FILE CAR
LIST
CAR
BY COUNTRY
BY CAR
END


Francis


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Danny-SRL
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Francis,
One BY too many.
TABLE FILE CAR
LIST
CAR
BY COUNTRY
END

Greg,
When you use LIST, the numbering restarts automatically when the value of the OUTERMOST BY changes.


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Posts: 1980 | Location: Tel Aviv, Israel | Registered: March 23, 2006Report This Post
gregson06
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That works perfectly, susannah, thanks!

I have tried LIST before and that works (which can be a simple solution for anyone to try out) however I wasn't able to get rid of the "LIST" heading since this is a custom column. I did some searches on the forum for that and I heard that it is impossible to remove it without having to hold the file again and re-PRINT it (too many steps). But this takes care of it just fine. Unless someone can figure out how to supress the LIST header Wink
 
Posts: 87 | Registered: August 03, 2006Report This Post
Danny-SRL
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Greg,
Here is your solution!
TABLE FILE CAR
BY COUNTRY
RANKED AS GREG BY CAR
END

Simple and elegant.


Daniel
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