Question

I have list 1 and 2 and I would like to get list 3. If anyone can suggest python or awk script, that would be great.

List 1
A   100-160
B   200-500
C   800-1500
D   1600-2000
E   2500-3000

List 2
150
600
900
1700
2400


List 3
A   100-160        150
B   200-500 
C   800-1500    900
D   1600-2000   1700
E   2500-3000   

Answer 1

Here is an example. It is expecting two filenames to be passed on the command line.

import sys

if len(sys.argv) != 3:
    print 'parameters: list1 list2'
    sys.exit(1)

list1 = []
for line in file(sys.argv[1]):
    fields = line.split()
    f1 = fields[0]
    f2, f3 = fields[1].split('-')
    list1.append((f1, int(f2), int(f3), [], ))

for line in file(sys.argv[2]):
    value = int(line)
    for name, lb, ub, values in list1:
        if value >= lb and value <= ub:
            values.append(str(value))

for name, lb, ub, values in list1:
    if values: vals = ','.join(values)
    else: vals = ''
    print '%s %d-%d %s' % (name, lb, ub, vals, )