> So that given N=2 and the input: > > aaa 1 > aaa 2 > aaa 3 > bbb 1 > bbb 2 > ccc 1 > > my output would be: > > aaa 1 > aaa 2 > bbb 1 > bbb 2 > ccc 1
It's a shame you don't seem to be able to give a maxnum of records to joincont. Then it'd be joincont ... maxnum N | unique ... with appropriate specs/append & split fore and aft. Having said that, I came up with the same sol'n Rob did. Gr., Rod
