Database Toolbox™

namecolumn - Map resultset column name to resultset column index

Syntax

x = namecolumn(rset, n)

Description

x = namecolumn(rset, n) maps a resultset column name n to its resultset column index. rset is the resultset and n is a string or cell array of strings containing the column names.

Examples

1. Get the indices for the column names DNAME and LOC resultset object rset.

   x  =  namecolumn(rset, {'DNAME';'LOC'})
   x =
        2     3
   

   The results show that DNAME is column 2 and LOC is column 3.

2. Get the index for only the LOC column.

   x  =  namecolumn(rset, 'LOC')
   

See Also

columnnames, resultset

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