fieldcount Function

Accesses values dynamically from the parent node without knowing the names of the incoming fields. Returns the number of incoming fields.

Category: Data Input
Returned data type: Integer
Note: The returned value is an integer, representing the number of incoming fields from the parent node.


Syntax

fieldcount(<>)

Details

Provides a way of dynamically accessing values from the parent node without knowing the names of the incoming fields. The function returns the number of incoming fields.

Example

// Declare a hidden integer for the for loop, initializing it to 0

hidden integer i

i = 0

 

// Increment through the data once for each column of data in the input data

for i = 1 to fieldcount()