I have the following problem

DATA

xhahhxha    60    3    hahaghagah    10    1    101
xhahhxha    60    3    jrthtahtat    8    1    110
xhahhxha    60    3    shdgehsh    8    1    150
hsghtahs    100    19    hahaghagah    10    20    200
hsghtahs    100    19    jrthtahtat    10    20    300
hsghtahs    100    19    shdgehsh    10    20    400

I want to sort this data such that it outputs a unique string from fir
+st column (sorted based on second column value, lowest value string f
+irst and its best possible match based on the lowest value in the fif
+th column and highest value in seventh column (if value in the fifth 
+column is equal). so the output should look like this for the above e
+xample:

xhahhxha    60    3    shdgehsh    8    1    150
hsghtahs    100    19    shdgehsh    10    20    400

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any help? suggestions? Thanks!

In reply to sorting a table columns using hashes by ihperlbeg

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