Actually, Paul J., I thought the whole point of this board was to enhance one's knowledge. Sure, I could probably get it done with the very limited knowledge I have in a very convaluted fashion, but I suspected there was a much easier way to do it. But thanks for your concern.
Peckerhead. "Paul Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > On Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 07:02:09PM -0400, Paul Van Dalen wrote: > > > Hi Gang, > > > > Given this input: > > > > 222 xxx JJJJJ > > 222 www DD > > 222 cc ffFFF > > 909 eee EEEE > > 909 FFF kkkk > > 909 jjjjj KKKK > > 888 JJJ HHHH > > 888 HHH JJJJ > > > > I'd like to split the input, group it by the first column, and, for that > > group, print out a concatenated second column. The output should look > > thusly: > > > > 222 xxx;www;cc > > 909 eee;FFF;jjjjj > > 888 JJJ;HHH > > > > Many thanks, > > Well, it could be a one liner. Which part is causing you problems, or > did you just want someone to do it for you? > > -- > Paul Johnson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pjcj.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]