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Matching string including decimal point
From: |
Jon Aldred |
Subject: |
Matching string including decimal point |
Date: |
Wed, 4 Feb 2004 15:35:22 -0000 |
Using operating system Windows XP Professional 2002 SP1
Gawk 3.1.0 GNUwin32 version
Gawk 3.1.1 Cygwin version
The following is a stripped down version of a large text file
33.47 12.92351338 1785
87.34 2351.386306 -1.52
When I use the following gawk program, it matches both lines:
/2351.38/{print $2}
i.e., the decimal point is ignored when matching.
I started with a comma separated variable file, setting FS = ",".
However, to eliminate as many possible soucres of error as possible, I
changed the text file to space delimited, but the problem still remained.
Is this a bug
Regards
Jon Aldred
test1.txt
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