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Re: Possible bug in gawk: local FS not used


From: Dave B
Subject: Re: Possible bug in gawk: local FS not used
Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 21:43:48 +0200
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Jean-Philippe Guérard wrote:

> If I understand well, when parsing the input line, the global FS 
> variable is always used, even if a local FS exists.
> 
> Could you confirm if this is a bug or intended?

Please see the section "Advanced Notes: Changing FS Does Not Affect the
Fields" in the GNU awk user's guide.

-- 
D.




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