No it doesn't??? In: 
1ct9B 3 1
1f7uA 2 3
1gaxA 2 1
1gpmA 3 5
1ihoA 6 4
1mopA 6 3
1ileA 2 5
1iq0A 2 3
1vlhB 5 3
1jhdA 5 4
ASDF 1 0
ASDF 1 -3

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Out: 

1ihoA 6 4
ASDF 1 0
1gpmA 3 5
1ileA 2 5
1jhdA 5 4

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0 >= -3, so next is executed, so the record for -3 is ignored. The item with the highest value for group 1 (ASDF 1 0) is printed.

In reply to Re^3: Retrieving data with largest count by ikegami
in thread Retrieving data with largest count by Angharad

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