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Old 04-15-2015
Sequence of conditions awk
hello gurus,

I want to use an associative array from a file to populate a field of another file, by matching several columns in order of priority. If the first column matches, then i dont want to match $2. Similarly I only want to match $3 when $1 and $2 are not in associative array.

For the following piece of code, all the steps are sequentially executed.



Code:
awk 'NR==FNR{array[$1]=$2;next}
                      $1 in array { $5=array[$1]}
                      $2 in array { $5=array[$2] }
                      $3 in array { $5=array[$3] }1' file1 file2


How do I code if condition here if I want to execute a row if only the upper one was not met?


like

Code:
awk 'NR==FNR{array[$1]=$2;next}
                      $1 in array { $5=array[$1]}

If not $1 in array

                      $2 in array { $5=array[$2] }

If not $1 and $2 in array

                      $3 in array { $5=array[$3] }1' file1 file2


I have 13 such conditions, so just wanted to learn how it is coded
Last edited by ritakadm; 04-15-2015 at 07:51 PM..
# 2  
Old 04-15-2015
Since you didn't give any sample data, and your "13 such conditions" leaves a lot to the imagination, I could guess that something like this might give you a starting point for your script. (This is untested, but should be close to a working script.)
Code:
awk '
FNR == NR {
	array[$1] = $2
	next
}
{	for(i = 1; i <= 13; i++)
		if($i in array) break
	if(i <= 13)
		$5 = array[$i]
}
1' file1 file2

with the usual comment that if you want to try this on a Solaris/SunOS system, you need to change awk to /usr/xpg4/bin/awk.
# 3  
Old 04-16-2015
I have to second Don Cragun, your description is far from clear. Can I paraphrase it in a way that "check if field 1..13 are an index into array, on first match assign that element to field 5 and quit the check"?
If yes, I guess Don Cragun's proposal needs a small modification:
Code:
awk     '
FNR == NR       {array[$1] = $2
                 next
                }
                {for (i = 1; i <= 13; i++)
                        if($i in array) {$5 = array[$i]
                                         break
                                        }
                }
1
        ' file1 file2

What about field 5?
# 4  
Old 04-16-2015
Hi RudiC,
My suggestion has one additional test in it that yours skips (so I like your version better), but I don't see that there should be any difference in the output produced by our suggestions. Am I missing something???

- Don
# 5  
Old 04-16-2015
Isnt this a simple case of else if ? Loop would be better of course if i runs from 1 to 13, but for checking specific columns it may be better to use else if .

Code:
awk 'NR==FNR{array[$1]=$2;next}
                     { if ( $1 in array ) { $5=array[$1]}
                      else if ($2 in array) { $5=array[$2] }
                      else if ($3 in array) { $5=array[$3] }1' file1 file2

# 6  
Old 04-16-2015
Quote:
Originally Posted by senhia83
Isnt this a simple case of else if ? Loop would be better of course if i runs from 1 to 13, but for checking specific columns it may be better to use else if .

Code:
awk 'NR==FNR{array[$1]=$2;next}
                     { if ( $1 in array ) { $5=array[$1]}
                      else if ($2 in array) { $5=array[$2] }
                      else if ($3 in array) { $5=array[$3] }1' file1 file2

Yes, if... Smilie

If we knew what was really wanted we could all make better suggestions. When we're just given a pattern of three consecutive fields being checked and a statement that 13 fields will be checked, we have to guess at what should be done. With consecutive fields, a loop is probably better; with non-consecutive fields an if-else ladder or a loop over an array listing the fields to be tested will be needed. If the 13 field numbers are fixed but not consecutive, an if-else ladder will be faster. If the fields to be tested vary from invocation to invocation, creating an array of fields to be evaluated is a lot easier to set up the code in a BEGIN clause from command line or file input than rewriting an if-else ladder on the fly.

That is why threads are much shorter and suggestions are much better and usually arrive quicker when the requirements are carefully and clearly specified in the 1st post in a thread. Smilie
# 7  
Old 04-16-2015
Quote:
Originally Posted by Don Cragun
Hi RudiC,
My suggestion has one additional test in it that yours skips (so I like your version better), but I don't see that there should be any difference in the output produced by our suggestions. Am I missing something???

- Don
I think I totally misinterpreted your proposal on first read, ignoring the indentation and thinking the break would also skip the assignment. Which is not the case, on second/third read. My apologies.
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