Problem description & analysis

Below is CSV file sample.csv:

City,Year,Income

Delhi,2001,12345

Mumbai,2001,43211

Hyderabad,2001,54322

Delhi,2002,76543

Mumbai,2002,43211

Hyderabad,2002,54322

Bangalore,2001,43211

Bangalore,2001,54322

We are trying to group the file by City and calculate average of Income. Below is the desired result:

Bangalore - 48766

Delhi - 44444

Hyderabad - 54322

Mumbai - 43211

Solution

Write the script p1.dfx below in esProc:

=A1.groups(City;int(avg(Income))).(#1/" - "/#2)

Explanation

A1  Import the CSV file containing table headers.

A2  Group A1 by City and calculate average of Income, and output the grouped table sequence according to the desired format.

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