function common(a, b) { split(a, as, ""); for (i in as) { if (index(b, as[i])) return as[i]; } } function common3(a, b, c) { split(a, as, ""); for (i in as) { if (index(b, as[i]) && index(c, as[i])) return as[i]; } } function priority(x) { return index("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ", x); } { a = substr($1, 1, length($1)/2); b = substr($1, length($1)/2 + 1); sum1 += priority(common(a, b)); g1 = g2; g2 = g3; g3 = $1; if (NR % 3 == 0) { sum2 += priority(common3(g1, g2, g3)); } } END { print sum1; print sum2; }