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Catilina

Germany
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Posted - 01/06/2004 :  05:05:12 AM  Show Profile  Edit Topic  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Topic
Hi,

I have a worksheet with the date in one column and the time in another column. How do I combine both datasets into one column?

I'm using Origin 6.1.
In the knowledge database I've found a script:

getn
(Column number for date: ) date
(Column number for time: ) time
(Get column numbers);
wcol(date)+=wcol(time);
wks.col$(date).format=4;
wks.col$(date).subformat=10;

But it doesn't work. The error messages are:

Syntax Error on GETNUMBER command!
Usage: open getnumber (text1) var1 (text2) var2 .. (title)

WCOL(DATE)+=wcol(time) is a built-in function that can not be renamed

Does anybody know what's wrong?

Thanks, Catilina

Mike Buess

USA
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Posted - 01/06/2004 :  08:44:17 AM  Show Profile  Edit Reply  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Reply
Hi Catilina,

The syntax error suggests that you are executing the getn command one line at a time from the script window. Instead you should highlight the entire script and then press Enter.

Mike Buess
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Catilina

Germany
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Posted - 01/06/2004 :  10:24:27 AM  Show Profile  Edit Reply  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Reply
Thanks Mike,

The first error message disappears, but the second still remains.
What else can I do?

Sabine
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Mike Buess

USA
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Posted - 01/06/2004 :  4:02:57 PM  Show Profile  Edit Reply  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Reply
That error will result when the date and time variables are not defined or are defined incorrectly. They should be the column numbers of the date and time columns. You are supposed to enter them in getn dialog. If column 1 has the dates and column 2 has the times you can skip the getn dialog like this...

date=1;
time=2;
wcol(date)+=wcol(time);
wks.col$(date).format=4;
wks.col$(date).subformat=10;

Mike Buess
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