! Enkey, Unkey

Simple to keyed table and vice-versa

! Enkey

Make a keyed table from a simple table.

i!t    ![i;t]

Where

• i is a positive integer
• t is a simple table, or a handle to one

returns t with the first i columns as key

q)t:([]a:1 2 3;b:10 20 30;c:`x`y`z)
q)2!t
a b | c
----| -
1 10| x
2 20| y
3 30| z

! Unkey

Remove the key/s from a table.

0!t    ![0;t]

Where t is a keyed table, or a handle to one, returns t as a simple table, with no keys.

q)t:([a:1 2 3]b:10 20 30;c:`x`y`z)
q)0!t
a b  c
------
1 10 x
2 20 y
3 30 z

Amending in place

For both Enkey and Unkey, if t is a table-name, ! amends the table and returns the name.

q)t:([a:1 2 3]b:10 20 30;c:`x`y`z)
q)0!`t
`t
q)t
a b  c
------
1 10 x
2 20 y

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key
keys, xkey
! bang overloads
Tables