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table.getcolshapestring - Function

	Package	utility
	Module	table
	Tool	table

get shape of arrays in a specific column

Synopsis
getcolshapestring(columnname, startrow, nrow, rowincr)

Description
The shapes of the arrays in the entire column (or part of it) are returned as strings like [20,3]. When the column contains fixed shaped arrays, a single string is returned. Otherwise a vector of strings is returned.

Arguments

columnname	in	Name of column
		Allowed:	String
startrow	in	First row to read (default 1)
		Allowed:	Int
nrow	in	Number of rows to read (default -1 means till the end)
		Allowed:	Int
rowincr	in	Increment in rows to read (default 1)
		Allowed:	Int

Returns
Array of Strings

Example

  t:=table("tcal",readonly=F)
# successful read/write open of table  tcal :  9 columns, 11 rows
  shapes:=t.getcolshapestring("Gain")