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roll left for filters

Roll record or table columns left.

Signature

> roll left {flags}

Flags

  • --by, -b {int}: Number of columns to roll
  • --cells-only, -c: rotates columns leaving headers fixed

Input/output types:

input output
record record
table table

Examples

Rolls columns of a record to the left

> {a:1b:2c:3} |roll left
╭───┬───╮
b2
c3
a1
╰───┴───╯

Rolls columns of a table to the left

> [[abc]; [123] [456]] |roll left
╭───┬───┬───┬───╮
# │ b │ c │ a │
├───┼───┼───┼───┤
0231
1564
╰───┴───┴───┴───╯

Rolls columns to the left without changing column names

> [[abc]; [123] [456]] |roll left--cells-only
╭───┬───┬───┬───╮
# │ a │ b │ c │
├───┼───┼───┼───┤
0231
1564
╰───┴───┴───┴───╯

Tips: Command roll left was not included in the official binaries by default, you have to build it with --features=extra flag

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