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
Details
Example

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()
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