Re: AWK language trivia

Kenny McCormack <gazelle@shell.xmission.com> wrote:

In article <va3k5u$3n2um$1@dont-email.me>,
Mike Sanders <porkchop@invalid.foo> wrote:

just in case...
>
not sure its wise to use 'm += var' with digits:
>
m += string # valid
m += "7"    # may be invalid if its a digit (even if quoted)

 
In AWK, these are very different things.
 
+= is always arithmetic; it is not string concatenation at all.

Ahh... Many thanks as always Kenny. When our brains are uploaded
to the great cyborg in the sky in the future, I'll be looking
for a copy of your awk knowledge.

See elsewhere in this group a soon to be posted question titled:

'{} Questions'

Wondering if what I'm thinking is good/bad logic...

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:wq
Mike Sanders