BEGIN {
#initialize counters.  counter1 will count the number of entries less than (abs val) 3
#counter2 will count entries with abs val between 3 and 5, counter3 will count entries
#with abs val between 5 and 8, and counter4 will count entries with abs val greater than 8
counter1 = 0
counter2 = 0
counter3 = 0
counter4 = 0
}

{

x = 3

if ($1 !~ /---/) {
	while (x++ < NF) {
		if ($x == "*.**") starcount++
		else if (abs_value($x) < 3) counter1++
		else if (abs_value($x) < 5) counter2++
		else if (abs_value($x) < 8) counter3++
		else counter4++
	}
}
		
}
END {
print "Number of non-significant entries: " starcount
print "Number of significant entries with absolute value less than 3: " counter1
print "Number of entries with absolute value between 3 and 5: " counter2
print "Number of entries with absolute value between 5 and 8: " counter3
print "Number of entries with absolute value greater than or equal to 8: " counter4
print "Total number of entries: " starcount + counter1 + counter2 + counter3 + counter4

}

#function returns the absolute value
function abs_value(number)
{
	absval = number
	if (number < 0) {
		absval = -number}
	return absval
}