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# 8  
Old 03-10-2019
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Originally Posted by nezabudka
Hi Don, thanks for the explanation.
Code:
awk 'BEGIN {FS=OFS=","} /^T/ {$2=length(A)} !A[$0]++'

Hi nezabudka,
Always glad to help.

This is another interesting way to do it. Unfortunately, the standards do not specify the behavior of the awk length built-in function when given an array name as an argument. This use is described on the GNU gawk man page and works in BSD awk version 20070501 (but is not documented in the BSD awk man page) that is installed on macOS Mojave (version 10.14.3).

I have no idea whether or not this will work (as an undocumented feature) on green_k's Solaris system in /usr/xpg4/bin/awk or nawk. I also do not know if gawk is installed on green_k's system.
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# 9  
Old 03-10-2019
On top of what Don Cragun said, the last approach would not account for "duplicate duplicates".


Illogic nonsense... please disregard.
Last edited by RudiC; 03-10-2019 at 08:33 AM..
# 10  
Old 03-10-2019
Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiC
On top of what Don Cragun said, the last approach would not account for "duplicate duplicates".
Hi RudiC,
I'm not sure what you mean. I don't see any reason why the code shown in post #7 should fail as long as all of the following are true:
  1. There are only "D" and "T" records in the input file.
  2. There is only one "T" record in the input file.
  3. The "T" record is the last record in the input file.
  4. The awk being used returns the number of elements in the array when length(array_name) is called.
The first three are true in the sample data provided in this thread. The fourth is true with gawk starting with version 3.1.5 according to the Linux 2.6 gawk man page available in the UNIX and Linux Man Pages repository. By experiment, it also works on the awk version 20070501 provided with macOS Mojave version 10.14.3.

Unlike the code in post #5, this code is not subtracting the number of duplicates found, it is directly setting the number of unique elements found.

Am I missing something?
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# 11  
Old 03-10-2019
Hi Don Cragun, sorry for posting that nonsense. My logics seem to require some lubrication. I may need some sleep. Post withdrawn.
# 12  
Old 03-10-2019
Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiC
Hi Don Cragun, sorry for posting that nonsense. My logics seem to require some lubrication. I may need some sleep. Post withdrawn.
Hi RudiC,
I know the feeling. I'm just up this late because I checked to see what was going on here after resetting all of the clocks in the house. (Daylight Saving time kicked in here this morning when the clock should have hit 2am. I hate Daylight Saving time!)

Sleep tight.

- Don
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