Re: report a bug of the function of patsplit

[arnold]

Hi.

As Wolfgang and Andrew have said, patsplit() is working as designed. It looks
like you want the split() function.

Thanks,

Arnold

"天骄之鹰" <tianjiaozhiying@qq.com> wrote:

> Hi, guys:
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>   I find that the function of patsplit has a bug.
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>   patsplit(string, array [, fieldpat[, seps]]) : To save pieces into 'array', 
> store separator into 'seps'. But this function saves pieces into 'seps', not 
> strore into 'array'
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> // souce codes
> [root@novice commands]# echo "chinaos cnaps mmnasten" | gawk '{ patsplit($0, 
> arr,"na", sepp )} END{ for( x in arr){ print "arr[" x "]=" arr[x]}; for( y in 
> sepp){ print "sepp[" y "]=", sepp[y]}}'
> arr[1]=na
> arr[2]=na
> arr[3]=na
> sepp[0]= chi
> sepp[1]= os c
> sepp[2]= ps mm
> sepp[3]= sten
>
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> [root@novice commands]# echo "chinaos cnaps mmnasten" | gawk '{ patsplit($0, 
> arr,"na", sepp )} END{ for( x in arr){ print "arr[" x "]=" arr[x]}; for( y in 
> sepp){ print "sepp[" y "]=", sepp[y]}}'
> arr[1]=na
> arr[2]=na
> arr[3]=na
> sepp[0]= chi
> sepp[1]= os c
> sepp[2]= ps mm
> sepp[3]= sten
>
>   Good luck.
>
> 天才就是毅力！