• Column Update

    Question: Define a function updCol that takes in a table as a value or reference, column name, and function to operate on the column that returns an updated column list. If a reference is passed in, the update should be persisted and the reference should be returned, otherwise the updated value is returned.

    More Information:

    https://code.kx.com/q/ref/amend

    Example

                                    
                                q)show t:([]s:`AAPL`IBM`MSFT;p:100 200 300)
s    p
--------
AAPL 100
IBM  200
MSFT 300
q)updCol[t;`p;2*]
s    p
--------
AAPL 200
IBM  400
MSFT 600
q)updCol[`t;`p;3*]
`t
q)t
s    p
--------
AAPL 300
IBM  600
MSFT 900
q)`:t/ set .Q.en[`:.] t
`:t/
q)updCol[`:t;`p;4*]
`:t
q)get `:t
s    p
---------
AAPL 1200
IBM  2400
MSFT 3600

    Solution

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    tables
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