More header checks
Run this example using its test data from within FlightPath Data.
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We can check if a header is what we expect using the header_name() function
by passing the expected name as a second argument. The result is true or false.
To add to the example, if we wanted to trigger an action based on the result
of header_name() we could use a when/do expression based on one of two things:
- A variable holding the value of header_name()
- using header_name() in the when/do expression directly
While you wouldn't typically use a variable in such a simple case, if you did
you would need to remember that a variable standing by itself is an existance
test. That means a variable with the value False is still True in the sense
that it exists. To make the boolean value of the variable be used as its match
vote you have to add the asbool qualifier.
test-data: examples/headers/projects.csv
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print("
Line: $.csvpath.line_number")
@name = header_name(1, "compliance_project_name")
@name.asbool -> print(" Name variable is correct: $.variables.name")
@notname = header_name(1, "Compliance Project Name")
not( @notname.asbool ) -> print(" Not name variable is also correct: $.variables.notname")
header_name(1, "compliance_project_name") -> print(" Correct, no variable involved")
not( header_name(1, "Compliance Project Name") ) -> print(" Also correct, still no variable involved")
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