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table.getcolkeywords - Function

	Package	utility
	Module	table
	Tool	table

get values of all keywords for a column

Synopsis
getcolkeywords(columnname)

Description
The values of all keywords for the given column are returned. The values can be of any type, including a record and a table.
If a keyword is a table, its value is returned as a string containing the table name prefixed by 'Table: '. That prefix is automatically removed by table functions like open and tableexists.

Arguments

columnname	in	Name of column
		Allowed:	String

Returns
Record

Example

  t:=table("MS")
# successful readonly open of table  MS :  22 columns, 7669 rows
  t.getcolkeywords("UVW")
# [UNIT=m, MEASURE_TYPE=UVW, MEASURE_REFERENCE=, _ForwardColumn_TableName=MS]