Thanks itkamaraj and yazu,
the code given by both of you is showing some result having minimum values.....but it is not showing in the manner which I want.
I actually need to have the minimum value in 5th column of every commom first column:
ie, min of all rows having "29" in column 1
min of all rows having "30" in column 1
min of all rows having "31" in column 1
The output should be like :
ex:
Quote:
29 awh 4 hfk 3.786
30 awh 3 bdf 2.764
31 vbn 5 lkj 1.548
I dont want to sort it on the basis of strings in column 2 right now....
Once, I will have the entire rows containing minimum value of column 5 on the basis of 1st column, I will look for the strings in column 2.
Any help is appreciated
