standard(v)=v=vecsort(v,1,4); my(last=v[1][1]+1); for(i=1,#v, v[i][1]=if(v[i][1]<last,last=v[i][1]; i, v[i-1][1])); v;
modified(v)=v=vecsort(v,1,4); my(last=v[#v][1]-1); forstep(i=#v,1,-1, v[i][1]=if(v[i][1]>last,last=v[i][1]; i, v[i+1][1])); v;
dense(v)=v=vecsort(v,1,4); my(last=v[1][1]+1,rank); for(i=1,#v, v[i][1]=if(v[i][1]<last,last=v[i][1]; rank++, rank)); v;
ordinal(v)=v=vecsort(v,1,4); for(i=1,#v,v[i][1]=i); v;
fractional(v)=my(a=standard(v),b=modified(v)); vector(#v,i,[(a[i][1]+b[i][1])/2,v[i][2]]);

v=[[44,"Solomon"], [42,"Jason"], [42,"Errol"], [41,"Garry"], [41,"Bernard"], [41,"Barry"], [39,"Stephen"]];
standard(v)
modified(v)
dense(v)
ordinal(v)
fractional(v)