fields

func BuildFieldDefs ¶

func BuildFieldDefs(fields string) (fds map[int]*chutils.FieldDef, inputMap map[string]keyval.KeyVal, err error)

BuildFieldDefs builds a FieldDef map (required by TableDef) from the fields string. The fields string is a KeyVal representation of the FieldDef. The keys are:

• name: field name
• order: order of field in the table, starting with 0
• type: field type (int, float, string, fixedString, date)
• length: length of field, required for int, float, fixedString
• desc: field description
• miss: value to use if the observed value is illegal
• default: value to use if the observed value is null
• levels: comma-separated list of legal values
• high: maximum level
• low: minimum level
• format: Go-style date format (e.g. 20060102, 1/2/2006)
• drop: yes/no drop field when creating a table.

The inputMap is a KeyVal represention of the fields string. The key is the field name.