Marcus Claesson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
:
: I have a silly little list-parsing problem that I can't get
: my head around, and I'm sure some of you have come across
: it before.
:
: I have a list like this:
:
: 1 a
: 2 b
: 2 c
: 3 a
: 4 d
: 4 d
: 4 e
: 4 f
: 5 g
:
: and I want to make the first column non-redundant and
: collect the second column values on the same line, like
: this:
:
: 1 a
: 2 b,c
: 3 a
: 4 d,e,f
: 5 g
:
: Please note that line 4 only has one 'd'.
What order should each column be in? The input order
or some kind of sort order? Or does order matter?
HTH,
Charles K. Clarkson
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