Thanks for the update (Was: datamash: "antimode"...)

[Kingsley G. Morse Jr.]

Hi Erik,

Thanks for updating me on your progress with what
seems to me to be a complex and important task.

Your 

    thoughtfulness, 

    power of concentration and

    generosity

are all fine qualities!

Kind regards,
Kingsley


On 12/07/2023 20:21, Erik Auerswald wrote:
> Hi Kingsley,
> 
> On Tue, Dec 05, 2023 at 12:39:44PM +0100, Erik Auerswald wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 04, 2023 at 09:05:57PM -0800, Kingsley G. Morse Jr. wrote:
> > > [...]
> > > The main reason I'm writing is datamash's
> > > "antimode" statistical grouping operation did not
> > > work as I expected.
> > > [...]
> > For me, this also looks like a bug.  I think that the code is wrong and
> > the man page describes the intended behavior.
> 
> I have just added tests for both the "mode" and "antimode" operations to
> the datamash development version in git.  Both operations are implemented
> in the same function src/utils.c::mode_value().  The "mode" code path looks
> OK to me, but the "antimode" code path seems wrong.
> 
> Some of the "antimode" tests fail and are commented out, including the test
> case from your bug report.
> 
> > I hope that I'll have time to look into this in about two weeks.
> 
> I have not yet found a fix for the bug, but should have more free time in
> two weeks.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Erik

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