Re: documentation inconsistency

[arnold]

I have updated the text and pushed to Git.

Thanks,

Arnold

arnold@skeeve.com wrote:

> Hello All.
>
> > > # ...   "It isn't possible to set more than one variable in the
> > > #       initialization part without using a multiple assignment statement
> > > #       such as 'x = y = 0' statement."
>
> The intent here --- obviously it was too subtle --- was to indicate that
> the common C idiom using the comma operator isn't available in awk:
>
>       for (i = 0, j = 1; ...; ...) ...        // This is C, not awk
>
> As both of you pointed out, there are workarounds for this, although
> they are all somewhat obtuse (even if clever, like the use of addition).
>
> I will revise the text a little bit.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Arnold
>
> P.S. And no, I'm not going to add the comma operator to gawk.  It
> would just make the grammar even messier and make gawk even more
> non-standard than it is now.