Re: getnum leaks into next field

[Erik Auerswald]

Hi,

On Fri, Nov 22, 2024 at 12:32:48PM +0000, mousefad wrote:
> 
> I love datamash - thanks for the amazing tool!  I think I found a bug
> in datamash v1.8-dirty.

Thanks!

> The `getnum` operation appears to go beyond the specified field:
> 
> $ cat data
> ADDRESS|BILL_DATE
> 123 Letsbe Avenue, Madeupville|2024-10-01
> The Post House, Hamleton|2024-10-14
> 
> $ datamash -t "|" -H getnum 1 cut 2 < data
> getnum(ADDRESS)|cut(BILL_DATE)
> 123|2024-10-01
> 2024|2024-10-14
> 
> I feel like it should not take the numerical value from the following
> field, but it appears to be doing so when no number if found in the
> specified field.

Thanks for the report.  This issue is fixed in the current development
version since commit 56e2e5893df125d953765adc2851e8b0902ebf37
<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=datamash.git;a=commit;h=56e2e5893df125d953765adc2851e8b0902ebf37>

    $ cat data
    ADDRESS|BILL_DATE
    123 Letsbe Avenue, Madeupville|2024-10-01
    The Post House, Hamleton|2024-10-14

    $ ./datamash -t "|" -H getnum 1 cut 2 <data
    getnum(ADDRESS)|cut(BILL_DATE)
    123|2024-10-01
    0|2024-10-14

    $ ./datamash --version | head -n1
    datamash (GNU datamash) 1.8.37-56e2

Best regards,
Erik