Re: [bug-gawk] Continuation Character not recognized in GAWK 4.1

[Lorenz]

Rush, Scott (CS COE) wrote:

>[...]
>The situation I have with the 64-bit version is that I get a parsing 
>error when I attempt to use the "\" continuation character in my 
>programs. For example, having the following program lines produces the 
>following error:
>
>{
>printf("Hello \
>World!\n")
>}
>
>awk: test:2:  printf("Hello \
>awk: test:2:         ^ unterminated string
>awk: test:2:  printf("Hello \
>awk: test:2:         ^ syntax error

I not sure  if a line continuation is even allowed inside a string ...

but in case of strings it is no neccessary anyway, because you can use

        print("Hello "
              "World!\n")

instead.
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Lorenz