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authorKaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com>2016-09-21 06:30:03 -0700
committerKaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com>2016-09-21 06:30:03 -0700
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doc: about assignment to nonexistent awk fields.
* txr.1: Adding remark that assignment to nonexistent fields isn't permitted, unlike in Awk.
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@@ -37948,6 +37948,16 @@ list which do not involve an implicit or explicit assignment to the variable
.code f
itself do not have this recalculating effect.
+Unlike in Awk, assigning to the nonexistent field
+.cblk
+.meti [f << m ]
+.cble
+where
+.meta m
+>=
+.code nf
+is erroneous.
+
.coNP Variable @ nf
.desc
The awk variable