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How to calculate max and min of multiple columns (row wise) using awk
This might be simple - I have a file as below:df.csvcol1,col2,col3,col4,col5A,2,5,7,9B,6,10,2,3C,3,4,6,8I want to perform max(col2,col4) - min(col3,col5) but I get an error using max and min in awk and...
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get an error using max and min in awk and write the result in a new column.No such function are available in awk but for two values you might harness ternary operator, so in place...
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You may use this awk:awk 'BEGIN{FS=OFS=","} NR==1 {print $0, "New_col"; next} {print $0, ($2 > $4 ? $2 : $4) - ($3 < $5 ? $3 : $5)}'...
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$ cat tst.awkBEGIN { FS=OFS="," }{ print $0, (NR>1 ? max($2,$4) - min($3,$5) : "New_col") }function max(a,b) {return (a>b ? a : b)}function min(a,b) {return (a<b ? a : b)}$ awk -f tst.awk...
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