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gensub and variables as regexp and replacement
Let's say there is a file with two lines: xxx123yyy xxx333yyy I want to use gensub function, when regexp pattern and replacement are kept in variables. Lets say script looks like this: BEGIN{ pattern="/^xxx(.+)yyy$/"; output="\\1"; } { print gensub(pattern,output,"g",$0); } I'd expect...
