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@@ -15767,6 +15767,8 @@ $ @kbd{awk 'BEGIN @{ print index("peanut", "an") @}'}
If @var{find} is not found, @code{index()} returns zero.
(Remember that string indices in @command{awk} start at one.)
+It is a fatal error to use a regexp constant for @var{find}.
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@item length(@r{[}@var{string}@r{]})
@cindex @code{length()} function
Return the number of characters in @var{string}. If