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Re: Possible bug in gawk: local FS not used
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Dave B |
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Re: Possible bug in gawk: local FS not used |
Date: |
Tue, 12 May 2009 00:42:30 +0200 |
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Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090420) |
Jean-Philippe Guérard wrote:
>> Depending on your needs, you may be able to obtain the same result by saving
>> FS, changing it, and restoring it afterwards.
>
> That's what I did in the end :) But I spent a lot of time wondering why
> the value of FS was not taken in account.
And (obviously) you can always split a line on whatever separator you choose
by using split(), without the need to touch FS, although that way you don't
get the fields in the special variables.
> An error message would really have been helpful here, especially as
> printing the FS value gave me the expected result. Otherwise, nothing to
> say, the gawk behaviour was correct.
>
> Thanks again for your help.
You're welcome.
--
D.