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nextColumnName() function

Suggests a new column name given the list passed. If the name is used, this will append numbers to the end. e.g. "column" may result in "column 1" or "column 2" if there are collisions

Signature:

export declare function nextColumnName(name: string, columnNames: string[]): string;

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
name	string	the proposed name
columnNames	string[]	the existing columnNames for the target table

Returns:

string