Difference between revisions of "Creating Arrays (Tables)"

Revision as of 06:57, 11 September 2007

1. Click icon button. Select ‘Definition’ from array popup menu. Click expr button, select table.

2. Click ‘Edit Table’ button. Edit table window should come up.

3. Click the ‘index’ icon. Indexes window should appear. Select ‘Car Type’, click >>. Repeat the same procedure for ‘Year’. Click ‘ok’ button.

4. Edit table should appear, zero is entered by default .

5. Select the 1st column. Enter ‘12K’. Press arrow down key. Enter ‘12K’.

6. Select 2nd column, enter ‘20K’ press arrow down key enter ‘12K’. Repeat the same for the 3rd column, enter ‘12K’ for the 1st and 2nd row.

7. Select ‘fuel cost’. Click ‘Result’ from the menu items, select ‘mid value’. Result table window should appear.

8. Examine mid value of fuel cost.

9. Click diagram button to return to parent diagram. Select ‘Total cost’. Click the result button to examine the mid value.

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 ==[[Combining results from a table]]==
 ==[[Adding a dimension to a  variable]]==
-. Drag an index node, drop it a few inches on top of ‘car type’ index node. Type ‘Year’
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-[[Image:Diagram Car cost1.1.jpg]]
-. Click on the key icon. Select ‘Description’ from the attribute popup menu.
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-[[Image:Car cost Description.jpg]]
-. Type ‘Year of ownership’, press alt+enter. Select ‘Definition’ from the popup menu.
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-[[Image:Car cost Definition.jpg]]
-. Select ‘List’ from the expr popup menu. First cell is entered as 1, press Enter key twice to have 3 cells with appropriate nos.
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-[[Image:List Year.jpg]]
-. Select ‘Maintenance cost’.
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-[[Image:Diagram Car cost1.2.jpg]]
-. Click on the ‘Edit table’ button. Edit table window should come up. Click on the ‘index’ icon.
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-[[Image:Edit table Maintenance cost.jpg]]
-. Select ‘Year’ in the index lists. Click arrow >>, then press ‘ok’.
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-[[Image:Indexes Year.jpg]]
-. Click on the 2nd column change units to ‘1500’ press arrow down key, type ‘2600’. Click on the 3rd column, enter ‘1700’ press arrow down key, enter ‘3000’.  Click the check button.
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-[[Image:Edit table Maintenance cost1.1.jpg]]
 ==[[H. Completing the model]]==
 . Click icon button. Select ‘Definition’ from array popup menu. Click expr button, select table.