I have a working version of this that works for two columns, I need to make it work for more.

It's a script for normalising array data so that the data from each column have the same distribution.

I have tab delineated data that need to be read in, e.g. for two columns 

ID_REF    IDENTIFIER    GSM29783    GSM29784
31307_at    L17325    77    788
31308_at    L17330    -777    -877
31309_r_at    U50277    7    8
31310_at    X52009    -7777    -887
31311_at    X61070    77777    88

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I then sort each column individually by value (done)

I then have to average both of the top values, then both of the 2nd top values etc.

I then have to output those back into the original order they came from.

I'll give you the working code if you like?

In reply to Re: naming a variable with the datum from another variable by duncharris
in thread naming a variable with the datum from another variable by duncharris

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