#!/usr/bin/env awk -f # # @license Apache-2.0 # # Copyright (c) 2017 The Stdlib Authors. # # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. # You may obtain a copy of the License at # # http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 # # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and # limitations under the License. # Computes the mode. # # Usage: mode # # Input: # - a column of numbers # # Output: # - mode { counts[$1] += 1 } END { mode = "" max = 0 for (v in counts) { count = counts[v] if (count == max) { mode = v OFS mode } else if (count > max) { max = count mode = v } } print mode }