Re: [join rows] (was: join tables from different files)

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com>]

If what's wanted here is a horizontal join of tables paste(1) might be
used to start the process however the #TBLFMT: line for the new table
would need new formulas and column headers may need adjusting.
Something like this was possible in dBase III+ using modify structure if
memory serves.

On Mon, 8 Jun 2020, tbanelwebmin wrote:

> Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2020 02:18:45
> From: tbanelwebmin <tbanelwebmin@free.fr>
> To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: [join rows] (was: join tables from different files)
>
> Le 07/06/2020 ? 17:09, Uwe Brauer a ?crit?:
>
> >             "t" == tbanelwebmin  <tbanelwebmin@free.fr> writes:
> >
> >     Yes you can.
> >     Use an org-id
> >
> > Thanks! Nice!
> >
> >
> > I have a another question in this context:
> > can I join, say 4 tables, but row wise?
> > Say I have
> >
> > #+TBLNAME: RK
> > #+ATTR_HTML: :border 2 :rules all :frame border
> > | met | Q1 | Q2 |  Q3 | total |
> > |-----+----+----+-----+-------|
> > | RK  |  1 |  1 | 0.5 |   2.5 |
> > #+TBLFM: $5=$2+$3+$4
> >
> > #+TBLNAME: SVD
> > #+ATTR_HTML: :border 2 :rules all :frame border
> >  | met | Q1: | Q2 | Q3 | total |
> >  |-----+-----+----+----+-------|
> >  | SVD | 0.5 |  1 |  1 |   2.5 |
> > #+TBLFM: $5=$2+$3+$4;f1
> >
> > #+TBLNAME: MIN
> > #+ATTR_HTML: :border 2 :rules all :frame border
> > | met | Q1 |  Q2 | total |
> > |-----+----+-----+-------|
> > | MIN |  2 | 0.5 |   2.5 |
> > #+TBLFM: $4=$2+$3
> >
> > #+TBLNAME: BDF
> > #+ATTR_HTML: :border 2 :rules all :frame border
> > | met |   Q1 |   Q2 | total |
> > |-----+------+------+-------|
> > | MIN | 0.75 | 1.75 |   2.5 |
> > #+TBLFM: $4=$2+$3
> >
> > Since they don't have the same amount of columns, I'd like to join the 4 tables like this
> > #+TBLNAME: Total1
> > #+ATTR_HTML: :border 2 :rules all :frame border
> > | met |  Q1 | Q2 |  Q3 | total |
> > |-----+-----+----+-----+-------|
> > | RK  |   1 |  1 | 0.5 |   2.5 |
> > |-----+-----+----+-----+-------|
> > | SVD | 0.5 |  1 |   1 |   2.5 |
> > #+TBLFM: $5=$2+$3+$4;f1
> >
> > #+TBLNAME: Total2
> > #+ATTR_HTML: :border 2 :rules all :frame border
> > | met |   Q1 |   Q2 | total |
> > |-----+------+------+-------|
> > | MIN |    2 |  0.5 |   2.5 |
> > |-----+------+------+-------|
> > | MIN | 0.75 | 1.75 |   2.5 |
> > #+TBLFM: $4=$2+$3
> >
> > Is this possible?
> >
> > regards
> > Uwe Brauer
>
> I'm not aware of anything specific for this purpose. A starting point could be the `append' lisp function:
>
> #+begin_src elisp :var table1=RK :var table2=SVD :colnames t
> (append table1 table2)
> #+end_src
>
> #+RESULTS:
> | met | Q1: | Q2 |  Q3 | total |
> |-----+-----+----+-----+-------|
> | RK  |   1 |  1 | 0.5 |   2.5 |
> | SVD | 0.5 |  1 |   1 |   2.5 |
>
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