width

Number of table variables

Syntax

W = width(T)

Description

W = width(T) returns the number of variables in table T.

width(T) is equivalent to size(T,2).

Examples

Number of Variables in Table

Create a table, T.

LastName = {'Smith';'Johnson';'Williams';'Jones';'Brown'};
Age = [38;43;38;40;49];
Height = [71;69;64;67;64];
Weight = [176;163;131;133;119];
BloodPressure = [124 93; 109 77; 125 83; 117 75; 122 80];

T = table(Age,Height,Weight,BloodPressure,'RowNames',LastName)

T=5×4 table
                Age    Height    Weight    BloodPressure
                ___    ______    ______    _____________

    Smith       38       71       176       124     93  
    Johnson     43       69       163       109     77  
    Williams    38       64       131       125     83  
    Jones       40       67       133       117     75  
    Brown       49       64       119       122     80  

Find the number of variables in table T.

W = width(T)

W = 4

T contains 4 variables; width does not count the row names.

The variable BloodPressure counts as one variable even though it contains two columns.

Input Arguments

T — Input table

table

Input table, specified as a table.

Variables in a table can have multiple columns, but width(T) only counts the number of variables.

Extended Capabilities

Tall Arrays

Calculate with arrays that have more rows than fit in memory.

This function fully supports tall arrays. For more information, see Tall Arrays.

Distributed Arrays

Partition large arrays across the combined memory of your cluster using Parallel Computing Toolbox™.

This function fully supports distributed arrays. For more information, see Run MATLAB Functions with Distributed Arrays (Parallel Computing Toolbox).