Re: [9fans] awk bug

[Aharon Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>]

In article <d2f8e7b66b79d38d34ac299d879b7c03@sdgm.net> you write:
>brahma% echo a b c | awk 'BEGIN { f[0] = 2 }
>		{ print $f[0] }
>		'
>awk: syntax error at line 2
> context is
>		{ print >>>  $f[ <<<
>awk: illegal statement at line 2
>brahma% echo a b c | awk '{ print $2 }'
>b

This is a bug that was introduced when BWK switched from the lex scanner
to a hand-written one.  (Guess who told him about it? :-)  It's fixed in
the current version:

	$ echo a b c | nawk 'BEGIN { f[0] = 2}
	> { print $f[0] }'
	b
	$ nawk -V
	awk version 20030731

Arnold