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Old 04-19-2007
Create a calculated field from existing fields
I need to add an average field to a file. I can create it in an on-screen report and it does what I need using the awk command but I can't get it to create a new file with the additional field. Here's what I'm working with:

file layout: id:lastname:firstname:grade1:grade2:grade3:grade4

I need the avg field added after grade 4.

The calculation I used in the awk statement to print the extra field was:
($4*.5+$5*.2+$6*.1+$7*.2)

I can't get this into a file though. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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Old 04-19-2007
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Originally Posted by atchleykl
I need to add an average field to a file. I can create it in an on-screen report and it does what I need using the awk command but I can't get it to create a new file with the additional field. Here's what I'm working with:

file layout: id:lastname:firstname:grade1:grade2:grade3:grade4

I need the avg field added after grade 4.

The calculation I used in the awk statement to print the extra field was:
($4*.5+$5*.2+$6*.1+$7*.2)

I can't get this into a file though. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Code:
awk_command file >tmp
mv tmp file

 
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