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Old 11-08-2013
Add edited numeric strings in awk
I am using awk to sum up all amounts and at end print total.

input:
10,250.00
20,103.15


expected output:
30353.15

code:
{subtot=+$1} END{print subtot}

The problem I encounter is it stops at commas and returns 30 as answer

And if I use this code:
{subtot=($1+0);subtot=+$1} END{print subtot}

it returns 40

any help, please.
# 2  
Old 11-08-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by paresh n doshi
I am using awk to sum up all amounts and at end print total.

input:
10,250.00
20,103.15


expected output:
30353.15

code:
{subtot=+$1} END{print subtot}

The problem I encounter is it stops at commas and returns 30 as answer

And if I use this code:
{subtot=($1+0);subtot=+$1} END{print subtot}

it returns 40

any help, please.

Try

Code:
$ awk '{sum+=$1}END{print sum}' file

if comma is there then use this

Code:
$ printf "%s\n%s\n" 10,250.00 20,103.15 | awk '{gsub(/,/,x,$1);sum+=$1}END{print sum}'
30353.2

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# 3  
Old 11-08-2013
remove the commas:
Code:
awk '{gsub(/,/,"");subtot+=$1}END{print subtot}' file

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# 4  
Old 11-08-2013
Thanks. One more query. Is it possible to assign the result of gsub to a variable?
like
Code:
var=gsub(/,/,"",$1)

Last edited by Franklin52; 11-08-2013 at 02:12 PM.. Reason: Please use code tags
# 5  
Old 11-08-2013
you can.
variable will results in to number of times the substitution has been made.
For ex:
Code:
echo "hi,this,is,name" | awk '{ a=gsub(/,/,"");print a}'
3

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# 6  
Old 11-08-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by paresh n doshi
Thanks. One more query. Is it possible to assign the result of gsub to a variable?
like
var=gsub(/,/,"",$1)

Try like this

Code:
$ printf "%s\n%s\n" 10,250.00 20,103.15 | awk '{var=$1;gsub(/,/,x,var);print var}'
10250.00
20103.15

if you assign directly as greet_sed said it gives you a count of substitution
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# 7  
Old 11-08-2013
That var will hold the count of substitutions that gsub has made on the string it worked upon. The string itself will be modified and thus holds the result.
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