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Old 05-26-2009
How to inset tabs in ARRAYS
Hi I have the follwong command at the end of the program

print arr[1]" "arr[2]" "arr[3]}

I would like to insert the tabs in these three values and 3 values should be in single line.

Would u guys plz Smiliesuggest me what to do!
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Old 05-27-2009
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Originally Posted by repinementer
Hi I have the follwong command at the end of the program

print arr[1]" "arr[2]" "arr[3]}

I would like to insert the tabs in these three values and 3 values should be in single line.

Would u guys plz Smiliesuggest me what to do!
are you using that print command inside an awk??
if so just set OFS=" "
or else use \t
or else place a tab inbetween
Last edited by vidyadhar85; 05-27-2009 at 12:39 AM..
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Old 05-27-2009
Use printf:

Code:
printf("%s\t%s\t%s\n",arr[1],arr[2],arr[3])


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