AWK or something else?

[TS2001]

Hi,

I am new to awk, so please bear with me! I have two files:

File1:
Low High
14000 20000
25000 41000
60000 80000

File2:
Income Name
12000 smith
15000 adam
22000 john
26000 denver


I want to loop through File1, and for each range (Low to High) extract the rows in File2. So my output file should look like

Desired output:
15000 adam
26000 denver

Using awk I can loop through File2, extract the Income for each row, but how do I see if the Income is within the range in File1? My code for looping:

awk '{ for (i = 1; i <= NR; i++) print $1 }' File2


Any help guidance would be appreciated!

thanks!

 

[olded]

In file2, assuming field2 is unique, read file2 into an array. Then, read file1 checking if each array element is between file1 and field2:

awk ' BEGIN {
while( getline < "file2" )
   arr[$2]=$1
}
{
for(ind in arr)
   if(arr[ind] > $1 && arr[ind] < $2)
      print arr[ind]" "ind
} ' file1

 

[PHV]

You may try this:

awk 'NR>1{system("awk '"'"'$1>="$1"&&$1<="$2"'"'"' File2")}' File1

Hope This Helps, PH.
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