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Re: [bug-gawk] Count empty line as a column with one empty field


From: Davide Brini
Subject: Re: [bug-gawk] Count empty line as a column with one empty field
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 17:07:55 +0200

On Tue, 25 Sep 2018 09:47:09 -0500, Peng Yu <address@hidden> wrote:

> I am not saying it is a bug, either.
> 
> A row with an empty field, instead of an empty row, is just another
> way to interpret in the input. Both are fine depending on the context.
> In certain cases, the former may be preferred over the latter.

$ printf '%s\n' a '' b | awk '!NF{$1=""} {print NF}'
1
1
1

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D.



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