Rdb: Ruby-Nachbau der MWC /rdb-Werkzeuge

man/number.man

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+.TH number "" "" "/rdb Command"
+.PC "Insert a column-row number into a table or list"
+\fBNumber < \fItableorlist\fR
+.PP
+.II "column^append row number"
+.II "row^number column"
+.II "append row-number column"
+.II "table^append row-number column"
+The command
+.B number
+creates appends a new column to the beginning of a table,
+or as the first field in a list.
+The newly created column contains the number of each row in the table.
+Unlike the related command
+.BR Number ,
+.B number
+writes the word ``number'' in lower-case letters as the header on the
+column.
+.SH Example
+For example, consider the following table, called
+.BR inventory :
+.DM
+Item#        Amount        Cost       Value     Description   
+-------     -------     -------     -------     ---------------
+      1           3        5.00       15.00     rubber gloves  
+      2         100        0.50       50.00     test tubes     
+      3           5        8.00       40.00     clamps         
+      4          23        1.98       45.54     plates         
+      5          99        2.45      242.55     cleaning cloth 
+      6          89       14.75     1312.75     bunsen burners 
+      7           5      175.00      875.00     scales         
+.DE
+.PP
+Typing the command
+.DM
+	number < inventory
+.DE
+.PP
+yields the following result:
+.DM
+ number     Item#    Amount      Cost     Value     Description   
+-------   -------   -------   -------   -------     ---------------
+      1         1         3      5.00     15.00     rubber gloves  
+      2         2       100      0.50     50.00     test tubes     
+      3         3         5      8.00     40.00     clamps         
+      4         4        23      1.98     45.54     plates         
+      5         5        99      2.45    242.55     cleaning cloth 
+      6         6        89     14.75   1312.75     bunsen burners 
+      7         7         5    175.00    875.00     scales         
+.DE
+.PP
+Note that the first column is the new number column.
+.PP
+.SH "See Also"
+.B
+Number,
+addcol,
+column,
+jointable,
+rename
+.R
+.SH Notes
+To change the name of a column, use the command
+.BR rename .
+To move the row-number column to a different position within its table,
+use the command
+.BR column .
+If you want to change the name of the number column
+to something else, use the command
+.BR rename .