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Different values in column between two rows

vb1612
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Hi , I am having data like

               Col1                Col2(created from values())

row 1 X A B C
row 2 Y A B

how to get column with value C as its unique value in col2

Thanks

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nareshinsvu
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Not very clear. Do you want seperate row for "C" ?

<your base search>| makemv delim=" " col2|mvexpand col2

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nareshinsvu
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Not very clear. Do you want seperate row for "C" ?

<your base search>| makemv delim=" " col2|mvexpand col2
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vb1612
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as A B already there in one row in single column , so want difference between two rows which is C

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nareshinsvu
Builder

Not sure if this helps. You can use the logic according to your requirements. Hope it helps

<your base search>| makemv delim=" " col2|mvexpand col2 | stats count(col2) as count by col2 | eval new_column=if((count=1),col2,"") | table new_column
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vb1612
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to clarify

col1 having X
Col2 having A B C (multivalues)

second row col2 A B

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