On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 12:23 AM, Ian S. Worthington
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I need a way to do something like a SORT UNIQ but extracting n records not
> just the first/last one.
>
> I reckon I can do it with LOOKUP with a DROP n in the "add to" path.  Is there
> an easier way?

I would do "sort .. | unique ... count | pick 1.10 <= n | substr 11-*
"  for the first n record in a run.

Can't think of a way to do the *last* n record in a run (unless you
know how many there will be in each run). But maybe you can sort
descending and take the first n in each run.

Sir Rob the Plumber (not related to Joe)

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