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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Printing highest value from one column Post 302320399 by phil_heath on Wednesday 27th of May 2009 11:54:02 PM
Old 05-28-2009
Printing highest value from one column
Hi,

I have a file that looks like this:

s6 98
s6 91
s6 56
s5 32
s5 10
s5 4

So what I want to do is print only the highest value for each value in the column:

So the file will look like this:

s6 98
s5 32

Thanks

Phil
 

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db2_field_type

DB2_FIELD_TYPE(3)							 1							 DB2_FIELD_TYPE(3)

db2_field_type - Returns the data type of the indicated column in a result set

SYNOPSIS

       string db2_field_type (resource	$stmt, mixed  $column)

DESCRIPTION

	Returns the data type of the indicated column in a result set.

PARAMETERS

	      o $stmt
		- Specifies a statement resource containing a result set.

	      o $column
		-  Specifies  the  column in the result set. This can either be an integer representing the 0-indexed position of the column, or a
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RETURN VALUES

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