Get Cell values by calling Header

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sachin tandulkar asked Nov 9, '16 Steven Hamoen answered Nov 11, '16

Get Cell values by calling Header

can we pull the values of a particular cell in a table by using its header names.

PartNo	M1	M2	M3
A	10	24	13
B	20	55	15
C	30	25	22

so if from the above table if I want to pull the values from Partno C and Machine M3 intersection. I can do it by using a for loop, but if there is more efficient way to do that, please let me know.

I am expecting something like

int ct=gettablenum("CycleTime", rowno by using row header name, col num by using column header).

I am not able to figure out how to get the parameter 2 and 3 in the above function. Please let me know.

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Answer 1 · 2016-11-09T21:35:54Z

Matthew Gillespie answered Nov 9, '16

Currently, this is not possible and some modelers get around it by making macros for the table headers:

#define CYCLE_TIME_HEADER 3

int ct = gettablenum(table, 1, CYCLE_TIME_HEADER);

This will be a new feature in FlexSim 2017 though!

Answer 2 · 2016-11-11T12:30:12Z

Steven Hamoen answered Nov 11, '16

@sachin tandulkar This could ofcourse also be done by using Flexsim's SQL engine and make a query: Something like: "Select M3 From Table where PartNo = C"

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