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Old 06-03-2010
Bug small doubt in awk
Hi Guys,

I have a small problem with awk.

I want to search { and } at a particular position in a string using awk.

I tried

Code:
echo "hello{hi" | awk '{if(substr($0,6,1)=="{"){print "TRUE"}}'

but no success Smilie

i know it can be done in many ways and i know them also.. but my question is how can we suppress "{" in awk??
Last edited by vidyadhar85; 06-03-2010 at 01:22 PM.. Reason: typo
# 2  
Old 06-03-2010
It is working for me
Code:
$ echo "hello{hi" | awk '{if(substr($0,6,1)=="{"){print "TRUE"}}'
TRUE
$ echo "hello{hi" | awk '{if(substr($0,6,1)=="\{"){print "TRUE"}}'
TRUE

# 3  
Old 06-03-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by anbu23
It is working for me
Code:
$ echo "hello{hi" | awk '{if(substr($0,6,1)=="{"){print "TRUE"}}'
TRUE
$ echo "hello{hi" | awk '{if(substr($0,6,1)=="\{"){print "TRUE"}}'
TRUE

which OS??
because its not working for me I am working on AIX
# 4  
Old 06-03-2010
Hi vidyadhar85

I just tried it, and it works for me too:

Code:
> oslevel -s
5300-08-04-0844

> echo "hello{hi" | awk '{if(substr($0,6,1)=="{"){print "TRUE"}}'
TRUE

# 5  
Old 06-03-2010
Hmmm strange guys..

Let me verify it once again and get back to you..

anyways thanks for your help
# 6  
Old 06-03-2010
AIX 6
# 7  
Old 06-03-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by vidyadhar85
Hmmm strange guys..

Let me verify it once again and get back to you..

anyways thanks for your help
Strange indeed (I would imagine that to work in any awk - except Solaris probably, because that awk's rubbish Smilie).

Try cutting and pasting from here or retyping. Maybe you have a hidden character in there somewhere?
 
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