Nested while loop

[mmvs]

Hello,

I've got a table with the following structure:

A   2   3

B   4   2

C   2   1

What I would like to do is first iterate over the 2nd column and produce an amount of rows equal to the number in that field. Then it needs to do the same for the field in the 3rd column. The result should be like this:

A   1   1

A   1   2

A   1   3

A   2   1

A   2   2

A   2   3

B   1   1

B   1   2

B   2   1

B   2   2

B   3   1   etc...

I can get either column 2 or column 3 working with IterNo() and While, but not both at the same time. Is there anyone who could help me solve this problem? Any help is much apreciated!

Regards, Matthijs

[QFabian]

Hi @mmvs , fun one!, please check this script :

Aux:
Load * INLINE [
F1, F2, F3
A, 2, 3
B, 4, 2
C, 2, 1
];

For vRow = 0 to NoOfRows('Aux') - 1
Let vF1 = peek('F1', vRow, 'Aux');
Let vF2 = peek('F2', vRow, 'Aux');
Let vF3 = peek('F3', vRow, 'Aux');

Load
'$(vF1)' as F1
Autogenerate(1);
join
Load
rowno() as F2
Autogenerate(vF2);
join
Load
rowno() as F3
Autogenerate(vF3);

Next

drop table Aux;

[vinieme12 · Accepted solution]

as below

temp:
load * inline [
Dim,loop1,loop2
A,2,3
B,4,2
C,2,1
];

Main:
Load
Dim
,l1
,IterNo() as l2
,recno() as id
While IterNo() <=loop2
;
load 
Dim
,loop2
,IterNo() as l1
resident temp
While IterNo() <=loop1
;
drop table temp;
exit script;

[mmvs]

Thank you very much @vinieme12 !

This did the trick.

Works exactly as intended.

Regards, Matthijs

[mmvs]

Thank you for your help @QFabian !

I got an error when loading the script: Autogenerate: generate count is out of range .

It happened with AutoGenerate(vF2) .

Regards, Matthijs