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authorArnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>2010-12-01 21:53:06 +0200
committerArnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>2010-12-01 21:53:06 +0200
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.B delete
statement may also be used to delete the entire contents of an array,
just by specifying the array name without a subscript.
+.PP
+.I gawk
+supports true multidimensional arrays. It does not require that
+such arrays be ``rectangular'' as in C or C++.
+For example:
+.RS
+.ft B
+.nf
+a[1] = 5
+a[2][1] = 6
+a[2][2] = 7
+.fi
+.ft
+.RE
.SS Variable Typing And Conversion
.PP
Variables and fields