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author | Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> | 2014-12-07 21:22:03 +0200 |
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committer | Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> | 2014-12-07 21:22:03 +0200 |
commit | db416985122dccb31bb50f41195e517e2e3bca89 (patch) | |
tree | 2e093bf514636e847f0307ff3b4e05314347b2fc /doc/gawktexi.in | |
parent | 0cfef8a4298a54a53b9f78c003c8e508f65dad06 (diff) | |
parent | 50ccd9803efa7e9b1e411d4f43fcd520d41debad (diff) | |
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diff --git a/doc/gawktexi.in b/doc/gawktexi.in index dd5ccf5a..63ca4033 100644 --- a/doc/gawktexi.in +++ b/doc/gawktexi.in @@ -6374,7 +6374,7 @@ the beginning and end of a @emph{line}. As a result, something like @samp{RS = "^[[:upper:]]"} can only match at the beginning of a file. This is because @command{gawk} views the input file as one long string that happens to contain newline characters. -It is thus best to avoid anchor characters in the value of @code{RS}. +It is thus best to avoid anchor metacharacters in the value of @code{RS}. @end quotation @cindex differences in @command{awk} and @command{gawk}, @code{RS}/@code{RT} variables @@ -8437,7 +8437,7 @@ Input is split into records based on the value of @code{RS}. The possibilities are as follows: @multitable @columnfractions .25 .35 .40 -@headitem Value of @code{RS} @tab Records are split on @tab @command{awk} / @command{gawk} +@headitem Value of @code{RS} @tab Records are split on @dots{} @tab @command{awk} / @command{gawk} @item Any single character @tab That character @tab @command{awk} @item The empty string (@code{""}) @tab Runs of two or more newlines @tab @command{awk} @item A regexp @tab Text that matches the regexp @tab @command{gawk} @@ -8980,7 +8980,7 @@ representing negative infinity are formatted as @samp{-inf} or @samp{-infinity}, and positive infinity as -@samp{inf} and @samp{infinity}. +@samp{inf} or @samp{infinity}. The special ``not a number'' value formats as @samp{-nan} or @samp{nan} (@pxref{Math Definitions}). |