You didn't say what platform you were using.  If its java based you can 
probably use a java hash table to store the counter of the pallet and put each 
line into the new group you create based on that counter.  Otherwise a sort.

On Jan 31, 2012, at 3:41 AM, Vijay chandra Kola wrote:

> 
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I am struck at a scenario where i need to group items that have same pallet#. 
> Both Pallet# and Item UPC fields are in the same record(i.e. item record of 
> my flat file). 
> 
> Flat file sample:
> pallet_1 Item_1_UPC
> pallet_1 Item_2_UPC
> pallet_1 Item_3_UPC
> Pallet_2 Item_4_UPC
> Pallet_2 Item_5_UPC
> Pallet_3 Item_6_UPC
> Pallet_1 Item_7_UPC
> Pallet_1 Item_8_UPC
> 
> Desired EDI output:
> MAN*GM*Pallet_1
> LIN****Item_1_UPC
> LIN****Item_2_UPC
> LIN****Item_3_UPC
> LIN****Item_7_UPC
> LIN****Item_8_UPC
> MAN*GM*Pallet_2
> LIN****Item_4_UPC
> LIN****Item_5_UPC
> MAN*GM*Pallet_3
> LIN****Item_6_UPC
> 
> I am able to group items that come under successive Pallet#. But the problem 
> is when the Pallet# is repeated somewhere in the input(not successive), I 
> couldn't able to group them under same Pallet#.
> Can anyone please advice.
> 
> Regards. 
> 
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> 
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