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Anonymous
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3 years ago

we should rename some functions!

Just this morning, I'm trying to figure out how to turn a column of records into a list of nested lists... and the function turns out to be Table.ToRows. Why not rename this function to be more intuitive/easy to find? Table.ToLists , for example, is a good option. My point being, sometimes it is very difficult to find the function you need to use because the naming is just totally arbitrary.

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  • ImkeF's avatar
    ImkeF
    Community Champion

    Yes, I would go with it 🙂
    But I don't think that the product team would go such a path and create a new function with the same functionality of an already exising function, tbh.
    But you might want to try creating an idea for it 😉

  • ImkeF's avatar
    ImkeF
    Community Champion

    Hi Anonymous ,
    I feel your frustration. 
    However, a "Table.ToLists" function wouldn't indicate whether it works vertically and chunks up into columns or horizontally splitting up into rows.

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
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      what about Table.RowsToLists ?