copy and paste values from tables to a new table

chozo wrote:

That's probably very easy, but first we need to know how the data is organized in waves. A table in Igor is only a way to display data. Or did you mean that table0, table1 etc. are actually wave names? What kind of data is it (multidimensional, text data, in different folders etc...)? Can you post a example experiment here with instructions what you want to copy to where?

hrodstein wrote:

First, I recommend that you think in terms of waves (named arrays of values in memory) rather than tables. A wave can exist without a table. A table is just a way to view a wave, like a graph. So you are not copying from one table to another but from one wave to another.

If you have not already done it, I highly recommend doing the first half of the Igor guided tour which explains this idea as well as many other important Igor concepts. Choose Help->Getting Started.

Here is a function that accomplishes the specific task that you set out:

Function Demo1()
    Wave Ln_RateConv_time, Inv_Temp             // Input waves in current data folder
    Wave Conv_0p1, InvTemp_conv_0p1         // Output waves in current data folder
   
    Variable first = Ln_RateConv_time[0]
    Variable second = Inv_Temp[0]
   
    Variable numPoints = numpnts(Conv_0p1)
    Conv_0p1[numPoints] = {first}                   // Append data value
   
    numPoints = numpnts(InvTemp_conv_0p1)
    InvTemp_conv_0p1[second] = {first}          // Append data value
End

That function has very limited utility because it is hard-coded to work with specific waves. Here is a more general function that you can use as a building block to work with any waves:

Function AppendPointValue(source, sourcePoint, dest)
    Wave source         // The source wave
    Variable sourcePoint    // Number of the source point to append to dest
    Wave dest               // The destination wave
   
    Variable value = source[sourcePoint]
   
    Variable numPoints = numpnts(dest)
    dest[numPoints] = {value}
End

Here is an example:

Make/O jack = {1,2,3}
Make/O joe = {4,5,6}
Edit jack, joe
AppendPointValue(jack,0,joe)

If you are not familiar with Igor programming you are going to have to start up the learning curve. To start, execute this:

DisplayHelpTopic "Igor Pro Programming"

hrodstein wrote:

I think this is what you need:

// AppendPointValues(source, destBaseName)
// Appends
// Example:
//  Make/O testSource = {1,2,3}
//  Make/O testDest1 ={0}
//  Make/O testDest2 ={1}
//  Make/O testDest3 ={2}
//  Edit testSource, testDest1, testDest2, testDest3
//  AppendPointValues(testSource, "testDest")
Function AppendPointValues(source, destBaseName)
    Wave source         // e.g., Ln_RateConv_time
    String destBaseName // e.g., "Conv_Op"
 
    Variable numSourcePoints = numpnts(source)
   
    Variable i
    for(i=0; i<numSourcePoints; i+=1)
        String destName
        sprintf destName, "%s%d", destBaseName, i+1 // e.g., "Conv_Op1"
        Wave dest = $destName                       // Create wave reference for dest
        Variable value = source[i]
        Variable numDestPoints = numpnts(dest)
        dest[numDestPoints] = {value}                   // Append value
    endfor
End