09-23-2008
How to use string across functions in AWK
Hi ,
I m facing one problem with String usage in AWK . let me put what i need .
i have a function and there i used one string ( meta_string)
function 1 {
...................
...................
meta_string = " this string got some value of 500 characters";
..........
......... }
Now i want to use meta_string value in another function say function 2.
function 2 {
print(meta_string);
...............
.............. };
Now problem is in using meta_string in fucntion 2 when i try printing meta_string its printing empty string .
could you please carify how to use meta_string in function 2 or any is there any other way to handle this sproblem.
Note: As i m using AWK first time :-)
Thanks in advance for your help.
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IGAWK(1) Utility Commands IGAWK(1)
NAME
igawk - gawk with include files
SYNOPSIS
igawk [ all gawk options ] -f program-file [ -- ] file ...
igawk [ all gawk options ] [ -- ] program-text file ...
DESCRIPTION
Igawk is a simple shell script that adds the ability to have ``include files'' to gawk(1).
AWK programs for igawk are the same as for gawk, except that, in addition, you may have lines like
@include getopt.awk
in your program to include the file getopt.awk from either the current directory or one of the other directories in the search path.
OPTIONS
See gawk(1) for a full description of the AWK language and the options that gawk supports.
EXAMPLES
cat << EOF > test.awk
@include getopt.awk
BEGIN {
while (getopt(ARGC, ARGV, "am:q") != -1)
...
}
EOF
igawk -f test.awk
SEE ALSO
gawk(1)
Effective AWK Programming, Edition 1.0, published by the Free Software Foundation, 1995.
AUTHOR
Arnold Robbins (arnold@skeeve.com).
Free Software Foundation Nov 3 1999 IGAWK(1)