print range of colums.

[baer]

I have a simple question. I have a file with 160 columns. If I only wish to print the first 120 column, how do I specify a range? I know I could use '{ print $1, $2, ... etc}, but this would get bulky.

Also, if I had a small range I did not want to print, is there an elegant way to do this. Something like {print !($100 through $120)}

Thanks,

Matt

 

[vgersh99]

nawk -v low=15 -v high=20 { for (i=low; i<=high;i++) printf(&quot;%s%s&quot;, $i,(i==high) ? &quot;\n&quot; : OFS) }' myFile.txt

vlad
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[PHV]

You can define a function like this:

function PrintRange(imin,imax, i,x){
  for(i=imin;i<imax;++i) x=x$i&quot;&quot;OFS
  x=x$imax
  return x
}

and then call this function like this:

  print PrintRange(1,99),PrintRange(121,160)

Hope This Help
PH.

 

[vgersh99]

ooops, you wanted to exclude range - say exclude columns between 100 and 200:

nawk -v low=100 -v high=200 '
{ for (i=1; i<=NF;i++)
if( i>=low && i<=high) continue;
else
printf(&quot;%s%s&quot;, $i,(i!=NF) ? OFS : ORS) }' myFile.txt

vlad
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