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Re: 'FS' and 'IGNORECASE' example in chapter 4.5.6 produces syntax error
From: |
Arkadiusz Drabczyk |
Subject: |
Re: 'FS' and 'IGNORECASE' example in chapter 4.5.6 produces syntax error |
Date: |
Tue, 22 Dec 2020 15:41:29 +0100 |
On Tue, Dec 22, 2020 at 07:12:18AM -0700, arnold@skeeve.com wrote:
> Hi.
>
> The bit you've quoted is a code fragment; the manual doesn't always
> show complete programs. Something like:
>
> BEGIN {
> FS = "c"
> IGNORECASE = 1
> $0 = "aCa"
> print $1
> }
>
> should work.
Well, ok. It's just this is the first time I've come across a
non-complet code snippet while reading AWK manual and that clearly
says:
in the following code
(...)
The output is
Thank you for your answer.
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Arkadiusz Drabczyk <arkadiusz@drabczyk.org>