Output the result of each loop in different columns - awk

Question

price.txt file has two columns: (name and value)
Mary 134
Lucy 56
Jack 88
range.txt file has three columns: (fruit and min_value and max_value)
apple 57 136
banana 62 258
orange 88 99
blueberry 98 121
My aim is to test whether the value in price.txt file is between the min_value and max_value in range.txt. If yes, putout 1, If not, output "x".
I tried:
awk 'FNR == NR { name=$1; price[name]=$2; next} {
for (name in price) {
if ($2<=price[name] && $3>=price[name]) {print 1} else {print "x"}
}
}' price.txt range.txt
But my results are all in one column, just like follows:
1
1
x
x
x
x
x
x
1
1
1
x
Actually, I want my result to be like: (Each name has one column)
1 x 1
1 x 1
x x 1
x x x
Because I need to use paste to add the output file and range.txt file together. The final result should be like:
apple 57 136 1 x 1
banana 62 258 1 x 1
orange 88 99 x x 1
blueberry 98 121 x x x
So, how can I get the result of each loop in different columns? And is there anyway to output the final result without paste based on my current code? Thank you.

Answer 1

This builds on what you provided,
# load prices by index to maintain read order
FNR == NR {
price[names++]=$2
next
}
# save max index to avoid using non-standard length(array)
END {
names=NR
}
{
l = $1 " " $2 " " $3
for (i=0; i < names; i++) {
if ($2 <= price[i] && $3 >= price[i]) {
l = l " 1"
} else {
l = l " x"
}
}
print l
}
and generates output,
apple 57 136 1 x 1
banana 62 258 1 x 1
orange 88 99 x x 1
blueberry 98 121 x x x
However, you don't have the person name for the score (anonymous results) - maybe that's intentional?
The change here is to explicitly index array populated in first block to maintain order.