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Top Forums UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers awk field separator not working Post 303044070 by vgersh99 on Thursday 13th of February 2020 10:37:34 AM

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it could helpful if you provided a sample (simple) file and the description what column(s) need to be extracted.
Also having a sample input AND a desired output would be helpful as well.

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QwtArraySeriesData(3)						 Qwt User's Guide					     QwtArraySeriesData(3)

NAME

       QwtArraySeriesData -

       Template class for data, that is organized as QVector.

SYNOPSIS

       #include <qwt_series_data.h>

       Inherits QwtSeriesData< T >.

   Public Member Functions
       QwtArraySeriesData ()
       QwtArraySeriesData (const QVector< T > &)
       void setSamples (const QVector< T > &)
       const QVector< T > samples () const
       virtual size_t size () const
       virtual T sample (size_t) const

   Protected Attributes
       QVector< T > d_samples

Detailed Description
   template<typename T> class QwtArraySeriesData< T >
       Template class for data, that is organized as QVector.

       QVector uses implicit data sharing and can be passed around as argument efficiently.

Constructor &; Destructor Documentation
   template<typename T > QwtArraySeriesData< T >::QwtArraySeriesData ()
       Constructor.

   template<typename T> QwtArraySeriesData< T >::QwtArraySeriesData (const QVector< T > &samples) Constructor
       Parameters:
	   samples Array of samples

Member Function Documentation
   template<typename T > T QwtArraySeriesData< T >::sample (size_ti) const [virtual] Return a sample
       Parameters:
	   i Index

       Returns:
	   Sample at position i

       Implements QwtSeriesData< T >.

   template<typename T > const QVector< T > QwtArraySeriesData< T >::samples () const Returns:
	   Array of samples

   template<typename T> void QwtArraySeriesData< T >::setSamples (const QVector< T > &samples) Assign an array of samples
       Parameters:
	   samples Array of samples

   template<typename T > size_t QwtArraySeriesData< T >::size () const [virtual] Returns:
	   Number of samples

       Implements QwtSeriesData< T >.

Member Data Documentation
   template<typename T> QVector<T> QwtArraySeriesData< T >::d_samples [protected]
       Vector of samples.

Author
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Version 6.0.0							  Fri Apr 15 2011					     QwtArraySeriesData(3)