Re: [bug-gawk] Assigning RegExp Variables on the Command Line

[arnold]

Fix is in and pushed.

Thanks,

Arnold

address@hidden wrote:

> Hi.
>
> Thanks for the report. You are correct. I will fix this.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Arnold
>
> Marcus <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > Hello! I suppose there's a misprint in the manual dealing with assigning 
> > regexp variables on the command line (v 5.1.0, sec. 6.1.3.2).
> >
> > gawk -v ’re1=foo|bar/’ ’...’ /path/to/file1 ’re2=baz|quux/’ /path/to/file2
> >
> > If I run it "as is", I'll get:
> >
> > $ /path/to/gawk -v 're1=foo|bar/' 'BEGIN { print typeof(re1); print re1; 
> > exit }'
> > string
> > foo|bar/
> > $
> >
> > This version works for me:
> >
> > $ /path/to/gawk -v 're1=@/foo|bar/' 'BEGIN { print typeof(re1); print re1; 
> > exit }'
> > regexp
> > foo|bar
> > $
> >
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