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From: boyd@sdgm.net
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: [9fans] awk bug
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 05:53:20 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <d2f8e7b66b79d38d34ac299d879b7c03@sdgm.net> (raw)

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


             reply	other threads:[~2003-09-15  9:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-09-15  9:53 boyd [this message]
2003-09-15 10:04 ` Geoff Collyer
2003-09-15 10:14   ` boyd, rounin
2003-09-15 11:44 ` Aharon Robbins
2003-09-15 20:03   ` boyd, rounin
2010-04-19 16:33 erik quanstrom

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