richard.noordam (11/21/2012)
I have a dataset that i need to iterate thru in a row wise manner where each row has columns that will either be filled with a value or zero.I need to find the first occurance in each row(column) that a non-zero value occurs.
I can think of at least one way i can do this but it is very inelegant, and something a bit more clever would suit my vanity... 😀
ideas/examples?
ddl/sample data/desired output?
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