[9fans] awk, connect a string to a variable or a function

[9fans] awk, connect a string to a variable or a function

[Rudolf Sykora]

Hello,

awk doesn't have arrays with array members, which is what I now need.
However, if I could make some connection between a string, e.g. "foo"
and an array 'foo', this would be enough. I reckon gawk can do sth. like
that. But is there any possible workaround in the traditional awk?

Can anybody comment on this?
Thanks!
Ruda

Re: [9fans] awk, connect a string to a variable or a function

[dexen deVries]

On Thursday 20 of December 2012 08:44:36 Rudolf Sykora wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> awk doesn't have arrays with array members, which is what I now need.


how about using two-level array?

BEGIN {
	a["foo",1] = "abc"
	a["foo",2] = "pqr"
	a["foo",3] = "xyz"
	a["bar",1] = "B1"
	a["bar", 2] = "B2"
	a["bar", 3] = "B3"
	for (i in a)
		if (i ~ "foo")
			print a[i]
}



hope that helps,
-- 
dexen deVries

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Re: [9fans] awk, connect a string to a variable or a function

[Rudolf Sykora]

On 20 December 2012 09:41, dexen deVries <dexen.devries@gmail.com> wrote:
> how about using two-level array?

Really, I finally flattened the arrays into one. Not exactly as you
wrote, but it did the trick.

Thanks!
Ruda