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# 1  
Old 11-15-2007
Print last occurrence if first field match
Hi All,

I have an input below. If the term in the 1st column is equal, print the last row which 1st column is equal.In the below example, it's " 0001 k= 27 " and " 0004 k= 6 " (depicted in bold). Those terms in 1st column which are not repetitive are to be printed as well. Can any body help me by using awk or perl ? Thanks


Input:

0001 k= 1
0001 k= 26
0001 k= 27
0002 k= 1
0003 k= 1
0004 k= 1
0004 k= 4
0004 k= 5
0004 k= 6
Output:

0001 k= 27
0002 k= 1
0003 k= 1
0004 k= 6
# 2  
Old 11-15-2007
assuming your input is sorted based on the first column...

nawk -f ray.awk myInputFile

ray.awk:
Code:
# if the value in the first column ($1) does not equal the value stored in "prevIDX"
# and we are not at the FIRST record (FNR != 1) [FNR = RecordNumber in the current File]- print the value of "prev"
$1 != prevIDX && FNR != 1 { print prev}

# assign the value of the FIRST field ($1) to a variable "prevIDX"
# assign the entire record/line to the variable "prev"
{ prevIDX=$1; prev=$0 }

# after ALL the records/lines were processed - print the value of the variable "prev" 
# the last/dangling record/line
END { print prev }

Last edited by vgersh99; 11-15-2007 at 11:17 AM..
# 3  
Old 11-15-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by vgersh99
assuming your input is sorted based on the first column...

nawk -f ray.awk myInputFile

ray.awk:
Code:
$1 != prevIDX && FNR != 1 { print prev}
{ prevIDX=$1; prev=$0 }
END { print prev }

Hi vgersh99,

That's cool!! It works!! You a are brillant!!
But i ' m new to the " prev " and " FNR " term.
Can you explain your code so that i can understand better ?
# 4  
Old 11-15-2007
see the comments in the original post.
# 5  
Old 11-16-2007
Hi vgersh99,

Can i use " NR " instead of " FNR " for this case this there's only one input file ?
# 6  
Old 11-16-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by Raynon
Hi vgersh99,

Can i use " NR " instead of " FNR " for this case this there's only one input file ?
don't see why not.....
# 7  
Old 11-16-2007
Thanks vgersh99!! Smilie
Thanks for your guidance!
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