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The slidedata statement slides the columns at and to the right of the current column.

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Parameters

This statement has one parameter:

delta – number of fields to slide (postive for right, negative for left).

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Description

This statement shifts the columns at and to the right of the current column. Suppose a database has fields A, B, C and D. This example will shift fields B and C to the right into C and D. The data in D will be lost.

field B
slidedata 1

This example will shift fields C and D to the left into B and C. The data in B will be lost.

field B
slidedata -1

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See Also

• Duplicate Removal with Unpropagate -- using the unpropate command to remove duplicate data.
• Morph All Fields Dialog -- morphing the contents of the entire database.
• Morph Date Field Operations -- date morphing operations.
• Morph Field Dialog -- morphing the contents of an entire field.
• Morph Field Favorites -- saving and recalling favorite data morphing operations.
• Morph Numeric Field Operations -- numeric data morphing operations.
• Morph Text Field Operations -- text data morphing operations.
• morphalldialog -- opens the standard MorphAll dialog.
• morphdialog -- opens the standard Morph dialog.
• Propagate & Unpropagate -- propagating/unpropagating data within a column.
• Shifting Data Left & Right -- sliding data left and right.

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History

Version	Status	Notes
10.0	New	New in this version.