Re: FS bug in gawk

[Stepan Kasal]

Hello,

On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 07:34:41PM +0200, Marek Antozi wrote:
> $ echo A_B_C | awk '{FS="_"; print $1}'
> A_B_C

this is the correct behaviour.  First the fields have been splitted,
second, the value of FS was changed.

> $ echo A_B_C | awk '{FS="_"; print $1}'
> A

This is incorrect behaviour.

You should use
        awk 'BEGIN{FS="_"}; {print $1}'
to achieve the desired effect.

HTH,
        Stepan