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Old 10-30-2012
Changing values of a column based on formula
Hi,

I have a tab delimited text file with two columns where the second column takes on values between 1 and 6 (including). If the value of the second column, includes 1,2,3 I want to replace it with LOW. If it is 4,5,6 I want to replace it with HIGH. How do I go about doing that? Thanks

Input:
Code:
A 1
B 4
C 6

Output
Code:
A LOW
B HIGH
C HIGH

# 2  
Old 10-30-2012
Code:
awk '{$2=$2<=3?"LOW":"HIGH"}1' file

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Old 11-20-2012
How do I modify the code if I want to add the additional option of replacing it with UNKNOWN if the value equals 1000. Thanks!

Example input:
Code:
A 1
B 4
C 6
D 1000

Example output:
Code:
A LOW
B HIGH
C HIGH
D UNKNOWN

# 4  
Old 11-20-2012
Code:
awk '{$2=$2<=3?"LOW":($2<=6)?"HIGH":"UNKNOWN")}1' file

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