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#!/bin/bash
#
# info: convert a preference profile where value is rank and position is candidate
to a preference profile where position is rank and value is candidate
 
 
#setup
if [ $# -ne 0 ]; then input=$1; else input=0; fi
candidates=12
 
#loop through lines
while read line; do
    #initialize newrank
    newrank=""
    #loop through new positions
    for i in `seq 1 $candidates`; do
        #variable to store position of a value
        pos=0
        #loop through old values
        for value in $line; do
        #increment pos
        pos=$(($pos+1))
        #old position becomes new value if old value is equal to new position
        #if [[ $value != [0-9]* ]]; then echo error; fi #check for errors in input
        if [ $value -eq $i ]; then
            newrank="$newrank $pos"
            break; else k=1; fi
        done
    done
    echo $newrank
done <$input