API by Category (Tablicious v0.4.6)
Description: User manual for Tablicious for Octave.

### 8.1 API by Category ¶

#### 8.1.1 Tables ¶

table

  Tabular data array containing multiple columnar variables.

  See table.

array2table

  Convert an array to a table.

  See array2table.

cell2table

  Convert a cell array to a table.

  See cell2table.

struct2table

  Convert struct to a table.

  See struct2table.

tableOuterFillValue

  See tableOuterFillValue.

vartype

  Filter by variable type for use in suscripting.

  See vartype.

istable

  True if input is a ‘table’ array or other table-like type, false otherwise.

  See istable.

istimetable

  True if input is a ‘timetable’ array or other timetable-like type, false otherwise.

  See istimetable.

istabular

  True if input is eitehr a ‘table’ or ‘timetable’ array, or an object like them.

  See istabular.

tblish.evalWithTableVars

  Evaluate an expression against a table array’s variables.

  See tblish.evalWithTableVars.

tblish.table.grpstats

  Statistics by group for a table array.

  See tblish.table.grpstats.

#### 8.1.2 Strings and Categoricals ¶

string

  A string array of Unicode strings.

  See string.

NaS

  “Not-a-String".

  See NaS.

contains

  Test if strings contain a pattern.

  See contains.

dispstrs

  Display strings for array.

  See dispstrs.

categorical

  Categorical variable array.

  See categorical.

iscategorical

  True if input is a ‘categorical’ array, false otherwise.

  See iscategorical.

NaC

  “Not-a-Categorical".

  See NaC.

discretize

  Group data into discrete bins or categories.

  See discretize.

#### 8.1.3 Dates and Times ¶

datetime

  Represents points in time using the Gregorian calendar.

  See datetime.

NaT

  “Not-a-Time”.

  See NaT.

todatetime

  Convert input to a Tablicious datetime array, with convenient interface.

  See todatetime.

localdate

  Represents a complete day using the Gregorian calendar.

  See localdate.

isdatetime

  True if input is a ‘datetime’ array, false otherwise.

  See isdatetime.

calendarDuration

  Durations of time using variable-length calendar periods, such as days, months, and years, which may vary in length over time.

  See calendarDuration.

iscalendarduration

  True if input is a ‘calendarDuration’ array, false otherwise.

  See iscalendarduration.

calmonths

  Create a ‘calendarDuration’ that is a given number of calendar months long.

  See calmonths.

calyears

  Construct a ‘calendarDuration’ a given number of years long.

  See calyears.

days

  Duration in days.

  See days.

duration

  Represents durations or periods of time as an amount of fixed-length time (i.e.

  See duration.

hours

  Create a ‘duration’ X hours long, or get the hours in a ‘duration’ X.

  See hours.

isduration

  True if input is a ‘duration’ array, false otherwise.

  See isduration.

milliseconds

  Create a ‘duration’ X milliseconds long, or get the milliseconds in a ‘duration’ X.

  See milliseconds.

minutes

  Create a ‘duration’ X hours long, or get the hours in a ‘duration’ X.

  See minutes.

seconds

  Create a ‘duration’ X seconds long, or get the seconds in a ‘duration’ X.

  See seconds.

timezones

  List all the time zones defined on this system.

  See timezones.

years

  Create a ‘duration’ X years long, or get the years in a ‘duration’ X.

  See years.

#### 8.1.4 Missing Data ¶

missing

  Generic auto-converting missing value.

  See missing.

isnanny

  Test if elements are NaN or NaN-like.

  See isnanny.

eqn

  Determine element-wise equality, treating NaNs as equal

  See eqn.

#### 8.1.5 Validation Functions ¶

mustBeA

  See mustBeA.

mustBeCellstr

  See mustBeCellstr.

mustBeCharvec

  See mustBeCharvec.

mustBeFinite

  See mustBeFinite.

mustBeInteger

  See mustBeInteger.

mustBeMember

  See mustBeMember.

mustBeNonempty

  See mustBeNonempty.

mustBeNumeric

  See mustBeNumeric.

mustBeReal

  See mustBeReal.

mustBeSameSize

  See mustBeSameSize.

mustBeScalar

  See mustBeScalar.

mustBeScalarLogical

  See mustBeScalarLogical.

mustBeVector

  See mustBeVector.

#### 8.1.6 Miscellaneous ¶

colvecfun

  Apply a function to column vectors in array.

  See colvecfun.

dispstrs

  Display strings for array.

  See dispstrs.

head

  Get first K rows of an array.

  See head.

isfile

  See isfile.

isfolder

  See isfolder.

pp

  Alias for prettyprint, for interactive use.

  See pp.

scalarexpand

  Expand scalar inputs to match size of non-scalar inputs.

  See scalarexpand.

size2str

  Format an array size for display.

  See size2str.

splitapply

  Split data into groups and apply function.

  See splitapply.

tail

  Get last K rows of an array.

  See tail.

vecfun

  Apply function to vectors in array along arbitrary dimension.

  See vecfun.

tblish.sizeof2

  Approximate size of an array in bytes, with object support.

  See tblish.sizeof2.

#### 8.1.7 Example Datasets ¶

tblish.datasets

  Example dataset collection.

  See tblish.datasets.

tblish.dataset

  The ‘tblish.dataset’ class provides convenient access to the various datasets included with Tablicious.

  See tblish.dataset.

#### 8.1.8 Example Code ¶

tblish.examples.coplot

  Conditioning plot.

  See tblish.examples.coplot.

tblish.examples.plot_pairs

  Plot pairs of variables against each other.

  See tblish.examples.plot_pairs.

tblish.examples.SpDb

  The classic Suppliers-Parts example database.

  See tblish.examples.SpDb.

#### 8.1.9 Uncategorized ¶

caldays

  Create a ‘calendarDuration’ that is a given number of calendar days long.

  See caldays.