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Andrew Marston
July 1, 2020 at 10:08 pm in reply to: Access number of columns (or data groups) in a csv?

Nevermind, I finally found it using numProperties:

thisComp.layer("CSV Filename.csv")("Data")("Outline").numProperties;
Andrew Marston
June 29, 2020 at 11:34 pm in reply to: Display CSV group name as sourceText?

Thanks so much!
Andrew Marston
June 24, 2020 at 5:36 pm in reply to: Passing layer sourceText into double quotes of an expression?

Oh! Nevermind. After removing the quotes from the source text and fiddling with how I was adding the space+i I was able to get it. For anyone who find this with a similar question, here’s a screenshot of the final code that’s working:
Andrew Marston
June 24, 2020 at 5:31 pm in reply to: Passing layer sourceText into double quotes of an expression?

I see. The final expression referencing the CSV seems to need quotes to navigate the data tree. When I try with and without quotes I get an error though. :-/ Here’s a screenshot of a stripped version of this section of the project:
Andrew Marston
April 30, 2020 at 8:12 pm in reply to: Make switch/case expression choose any option except the current one?

Thanks Dan! This works beautifully when there are 4 options. However when I try to adapt it to 3 or 8 options for example, I can’t figure out how to make it work.