diff --git a/doc/content-for-cookbook.html b/doc/content-for-cookbook.html
index a1ba164ea..94b07ae2d 100644
--- a/doc/content-for-cookbook.html
+++ b/doc/content-for-cookbook.html
@@ -146,6 +146,14 @@ POKI_RUN_COMMAND_TOLERATING_ERROR{{mlr --csv put '$reachable = asserting_string(
POKI_INCLUDE_ESCAPED(data/nested.tsv)HERE
+ The simplest option is to use mlr nest:
+
+POKI_RUN_COMMAND{{mlr --tsv nest --explode --values --across-records -f b --nested-fs : data/nested.tsv}}HERE
+POKI_RUN_COMMAND{{mlr --tsv nest --explode --values --across-fields -f b --nested-fs : data/nested.tsv}}HERE
+
+ While mlr nest is simplest, let’s also take a look at a few ways to do this using the
+put DSL.
+
One option to split out the colon-delimited values in the b
column is to use splitnv to create an integer-indexed map and loop
over it, adding new fields to the current record:
diff --git a/doc/cookbook.html b/doc/cookbook.html
index 5868b5af4..5271cdb71 100644
--- a/doc/cookbook.html
+++ b/doc/cookbook.html
@@ -633,6 +633,36 @@ s u:v:w
+ The simplest option is to use mlr nest:
+
+
+
+
+$ mlr --tsv nest --explode --values --across-records -f b --nested-fs : data/nested.tsv
+a b
+x z
+s u
+s v
+s w
+
+
+
+
+
+
+$ mlr --tsv nest --explode --values --across-fields -f b --nested-fs : data/nested.tsv
+a b_1
+x z
+
+a b_1 b_2 b_3
+s u v w
+
+
+
+
+ While mlr nest is simplest, let’s also take a look at a few ways to do this using the
+put DSL.
+
One option to split out the colon-delimited values in the b
column is to use splitnv to create an integer-indexed map and loop
over it, adding new fields to the current record: