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Contributor III
Contributor III

How to reset row() in loading multiples file through a For-Next loop

Hi,

I am using the following load script to read Excel spreadsheets organized by date folder.

FOR Each vDir in DirList('$(vDataPath)/*')
   FOR each vFile in filelist (vDir&'\BOM*.xls' ) //New

   TableCompWorkBench:
       LOAD Distinct
       TRIM(Mid(filebasename(), 16)) as Products,
       FileTime() as ReportTime,

       PartNumber
       FROM [$(vFile)] (biff, no labels, header is 10 lines) //New
   Next vFile
Next vDir

I would like to set the counter of the first row in every file loaded to be 1.

I have tried the autonumber function as follow. But it doesn't work. The counter basically keep running 

       AutoNumber(TRIM(Mid(filebasename(), 16))&FileTime()&RecNo()) as Counter,

The input/output expected will as follow.

 Input  Output
File Folder PathProductsReportTimePartNumberCounter
20201201/A.xlsA20201201X11
20201201/A.xlsA20201201X22
20201201/A.xlsA20201201X33
20201201/A.xlsA20201201X44
20201201/B.xlsB20201201X11
20201201/B.xlsB20201201X22
20201201/B.xlsB20201201Y13
20201201/B.xlsB20201201Y24
20210101/A.xlsA20210101X11
20210101/A.xlsA20210101X22
20210101/A.xlsA20210101X33
20210101/A.xlsA20210101X44

 

s there any suggestion from the expert in the forum?

Thanks in advance.

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lironbaram
Partner - Master III
Partner - Master III

Hi 
if you just want a counter of records in each file then 
use recno()  with no other function

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lironbaram
Partner - Master III
Partner - Master III

Hi 
if you just want a counter of records in each file then 
use recno()  with no other function

A7R3
Contributor III
Contributor III
Author

Yes. The RecNo() works. I thought the RecNo() is the same as Row() that will continue incrementing the counter. 

Thank you.

Amit
Contributor III
Contributor III

Perfect answer!