Select current and previous line if values are the same in 2 columns - awk

Question

Check values in columns 2 and 3, if the values are the same in the previous line and current line( example lines 2-3 and 6-7), then print the lines separated as ,
Input file
1 1 2 35 1
2 3 4 50 1
2 3 4 75 1
4 7 7 85 1
5 8 6 100 1
8 6 9 125 1
4 6 9 200 1
5 3 2 156 2
Desired output
2,3,4,50,1,2,3,4,75,1
8,6,9,125,1,4,6,9,200,1
I tried to modify this code, but not results
awk '{$6=$2 $3 - $p2 $p3} $6==0{print p0; print} {p0=$0;p2=p2;p3=$3}'
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

$ awk -v OFS=',' '{$1=$1; cK=$2 FS $3} pK==cK{print p0, $0} {pK=cK; p0=$0}' file
2,3,4,50,1,2,3,4,75,1
8,6,9,125,1,4,6,9,200,1

Answer 2

With your own code and its mechanism updated:
awk '(($2=$2) $3) - (p2 p3)==0{printf "%s", p0; print} {p0=$0;p2=$2;p3=$3}' OFS="," file
2,3,4,50,12,3,4,75,1
8,6,9,125,14,6,9,200,1
But it has underlying problem, so better use this simplified/improved way:
awk '($2=$2) FS $3==cp{print p0,$0} {p0=$0; cp=$2 FS $3}' OFS=, file
The FS is needed, check the comments under Mr. Morton's answer.
Why your code fails:
Concatenate (what space do) has higher priority than minus-.
You used $6 to save the value you want to compare, and then it becomes a part of $0 the line.(last column). -- You can change it to a temporary variable name.
You have a typo (p2=p2), and you used $p2 and $p3, which means to get p2's value and find the corresponding column. So if p2==3 then $p2 equals $3.
You didn't set OFS, so even if your code works, the output will be separated by spaces.
print will add a trailing newline\n, so even if above problems don't exist, you will get 4 lines instead of the 2 lines output you wanted.

Answer 3

Could you please try following too.
awk 'prev_2nd==$2 && prev_3rd==$3{$1=$1;print prev_line,$0} {prev_2nd=$2;prev_3rd=$3;$1=$1;prev_line=$0}' OFS=, Input_file
Explanation: Adding explanation for above code now.
awk '
prev_2nd==$2 && prev_3rd==$3{ ##Checking if previous lines variable prev_2nd and prev_3rd are having same value as current line 2nd and 3rd field or not, if yes then do following.
$1=$1 ##Resetting $1 value of current line to $1 only why because OP needs output field separator as comma and to apply this we need to reset it to its own value.
print prev_line,$0 ##Printing value of previous line and current line here.
} ##Closing this condition block here.
{
prev_2nd=$2 ##Setting current line $2 to prev_2nd variable here.
prev_3rd=$3 ##Setting current line $3 to prev_3rd variable here.
$1=$1 ##Resetting value of $1 to $1 to make comma in its values applied.
prev_line=$0 ##Now setting pre_line value to current line edited one with comma as separator.
}
' OFS=, Input_file ##Setting OFS(output field separator) value as comma here and mentioning Input_file name here.