Define Columns
Columns help us organize two-dimensional data.
Create columns by placing elements inside square brackets ([]
):
A column can contain numbers (with or without units):
Dates:
Text strings:
Or even booleans:
A column must be coherent
Columns cannot contain different types of elements. Here are some examples of non-valid columns:
Units on columns must be consistent:
Creating columns from sequences
Create a column by specifying a sequence:
Column Operations
You can apply an arithmetic operator to columns (+
, -
, *
, /
, etc.):
If you have two columns, you can operate on each corresponding item like this:
This only works if both columns have the same number of elements.
You can also operate on columns with dates:
Or strings:
Or even using the not
boolean operator: