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bvmike2001
Contributor III
Contributor III

Flag repeted values in a field at script level

Hello,

i have a simple data set like this:

ID     Value

1     A

2     B

1     A

4     C

5     B

6     D

7     E

8     C

9     D

what best or efficient solution should i use in order to calculate at the script level a new column in witch i want to mark if a Value is repeated or not in next rows and having different IDs?

what i expect is:

ID     Value     Repeated_Flag

1     A          0

2     B          1

1     A          0

4     C          1

5     B          0

6     D          1   

7     E          0    

8     C          0

9     D          0

Thanks!

Mihai

2 Replies
Gysbert_Wassenaar

Something like this:

Temp:

LOAD *, RecNo() as RecNo INLINE [

ID, Value

1 ,    A

2 ,    B

1 ,    A

4 ,    C

5 ,    B

6 ,    D

7 ,    E

8 ,    C

9  ,   D

];

Result:

LOAD

     RecNo,

     ID,

     Value as CheckVal1,

     ID&Value as CheckVal2,

     Value,

     IF(Exists(CheckVal1,Value) and Not Exists(CheckVal2,ID&Value) ,1,0) as Repeated_Flag

RESIDENT

     Temp

ORDER BY

     ID desc

     ;   

    

DROP TABLE Temp;

DROP FIELD CheckVal1, CheckVal2;    


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bvmike2001
Contributor III
Contributor III
Author

Hello Gysbert,

yes your solution works and deliver expected solution.

Meanwhile  i have found myself a solution using inner join on Value and then testing the IDs.

Many Thanks!