Hopefully this is an easy question.

Given an unsorted list of numbers, I need to "drop" or disregard N
number of the highest numbers.  Then I need to print the list in
original order and show which numbers were dropped.

for example, given:

def myList = [ 5, 2, 7, 9, 7, 3, 1 ]
def highNumbersToDrop = 2

// I need to...

myList.each() { thisItem ->

   println thisItem

5
2
7 - dropped
9 - dropped
7
3
1

My question is how to keep track of which numbers were "dropped" so
that when I display the list, I can add the " - dropped" text.

Thanks in advance,
Dan

Sort the array, slice the numbers to drop and store in a separate list.
When you print the original list you can compare this to the newly created
"dropped" list.

myList.each{ println "$it" + (droppedList.contains(it) ? " - dropped" : "")

-Adrian