Hello Monks, new here. I have a file that looks like:

1 10492 rs55998931 0.272727272727273 0.4375
1 13418 . 0.25 0.0625
1 13752 . 0.153846153846154 0.25
1 13813 . 0.0357142857142857 0.2
1 13838 . 0.0357142857142857 0.2
1 14907 rs79585140 0.5 0.555555555555556
1 14930 rs75454623 0.535714285714286 0.611111111111111
1 14933 rs199856693 0.0357142857142857 0.0555555555555556
1 14948 rs201855936 0.107142857142857 0

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I would like to extract rows where the values in field 4 are within one standard deviation of each other (or some other fixed threshold such as within 0.07 of each other) for at least 10 consecutive rows. Therefore the output would have blocks of >=10 consecutive rows where the values in field 4 are close in range within each block. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

In reply to extract values from a field that are consecutive and within one standard deviation of each other by mulder4786

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