Turning Ranked Numbers Into Word Tags

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@Reagan_Chan

To do this do I use dictionary blocks or list blocks?

If you are doing accounting, with the same kind of data you would have loaded into a spreadsheet, use tables. This is for consistently shaped data,

If your data is lumpy or ragged, with missing or extra or deeply nested pieces that won't fit evenly into rows and columns, you need dictionaries.

Here is a sample project for you to read:

Search for same ingredient and add them

This type of problem works better with tables (lists of lists) and a group by sum procedure similar to the SQL SELECT SUM GROUP By construct. This sample app groups and sums expenses, as opposed to grouping and summing ingredients, but the base concept is the same. group_sum.aia (7.6 KB) Here is a raw data Comma Separated Values (CSV) file... [details table structure] [when Screen1 Initialize] [when FileSampleDetails GotText] When the file arrives from the Media folder, it gets scrubbed…

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Build Your Own DB - Part 1