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Operating Systems AIX really stuck- need to get a variable within a variable- AWK Post 302211081 by vgersh99 on Wednesday 2nd of July 2008 03:19:04 PM
Old 07-02-2008
My examples is. well...... just an example -given a sample file you provided - how to convert it to what (I think) is needed.

Not having a complete data set nor a complete awk script - it's hard to say how to adjust a sample code above to your particular circumstance. You probably know all the details of what your awk script is doing the best - so you'll have massage the given code sample.

But...
Code:
BEGIN {
   FS=OFS="="
}
# the rest of the script


function evalVars(   i)
{
   val[$1]=$2
   i=$2
   while (1) {
      if (i in val)
        i=val[i]
      else
        break
    }
    $2=i
}

# some more of the script
#......

# some action here
{ 
   # resolve the vals
   evalVars()
  # do more stuff with the "resolved" data
  print
}

 

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