Re: [bug-gawk] Numeric Assignment to $0 Requires Coercion.

[arnold]

Hi.

Ralph Corderoy <address@hidden> wrote:

>     $ yes a b c | sed 5q | awk '{$2 = ++i} 1'
>     a 1 c
>     a 2 c
>     a 3 c
>     a 4 c
>     a 5 c
>     $ yes a b c | sed 5q | awk '{$0 = ++i} 1'
>     [ nothing ]

Thanks for the report.  The fix turned out to be fairly easy.
See the patch below. It will be in git shortly.

Thanks!

Arnold
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diff --git a/interpret.h b/interpret.h
index 8408a53..fed0078 100644
--- a/interpret.h
+++ b/interpret.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ unfield(NODE **l, NODE **r)
                (*l) = dupnode(*r);
                DEREF(*r);
        }
+       force_string(*l);
 }
 
 #define UNFIELD(l, r)  unfield(& (l), & (r))