Re: Name "index" for variable - syntax error

[arnold]

Hello.

"index" is the name of built-in function. See
https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/html_node/String-Functions.html.

Thanks,

Arnold

<pavel_mendl@centrum.cz> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> will be brief as writing from work:
>
> as simple as 'END { index = 0 }' program shows syntax error on equal
> sign, while this should be valid assignment. Neither in Reserved words
> on gawk site nor through Google I have found anything about "index"
> to be a reserved word. However renaming to "indexa" works as expected...
>
> Please take a look about this.
>
> Pavel