sort data

[krava]

Hi

I would like to sort datatable by column 2 for example. I wrote this:

awk '{a[$2>=10?$2:0$2]=$0} END {n=asorti(a,dest); for
(i=1;i<=n;i++){print dest}}' sample1.dat


It works but fails when I have negative numbers in datatable. Is there some quick solution for this?


thanks
k.

 

[PHV]

In unix you may simply use the sort command with the -k and -n options.

Hope This Helps, PH.
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