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Hi, I'm a beginner in awk script. I've been trying to figure how to concatenate two string in input file using awk after the value is calculated.

I'm trying to get this format

Code:

Apple 5.2(10) Orange 4.4(8)
Watermelon 3.10(30) Berries 10.2(20)

The input file with the format
fruit amount.price

I've done the calculation and i manage to concatenate two string(without the total value) and the output is

Code:

Apple 5.2 Orange 4.4
Watermelon 3.10 Berries 10.2

When I try to insert the total value, the output is messed up.

could you please post your code? We can try to correct it..

This is what I've gotten so far

Code:

  amount = substr($NF, 1, 2)
  total_amount = amount * 2

  if( total_amount <= 18 )
  {
	price = substr($NF,3)
  }
  else
  {
	price = substr($NF, 4)
  }

  total = total_amount * price
  getline a