#!/usr/bin/ruby # ## https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Top_rank_per_group # var data = <<'EOF'.lines.map{ <name id salary dept> ~Z .split(',') -> flat.to_h } Tyler Bennett,E10297,32000,D101 John Rappl,E21437,47000,D050 George Woltman,E00127,53500,D101 Adam Smith,E63535,18000,D202 Claire Buckman,E39876,27800,D202 David McClellan,E04242,41500,D101 Rich Holcomb,E01234,49500,D202 Nathan Adams,E41298,21900,D050 Richard Potter,E43128,15900,D101 David Motsinger,E27002,19250,D202 Tim Sampair,E03033,27000,D101 Kim Arlich,E10001,57000,D190 Timothy Grove,E16398,29900,D190 EOF var n = 5 for d in (data.map {|h| h{:dept} }.uniq.sort) { var es = data.grep { _{:dept} == d }.sort_by { -Num(_{:salary}) } say d n.times { es || break printf("%-15s | %-6s | %5d\n", es.shift(){<name id salary>...}) } print "\n" }