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Leading zeros in currency check
I'm trying to modify the following regular expression so that leading zeros will fail the check. if(Currency !~ /^((|-)[0-9]+\.[0-9][0-9])$/ && Currency !~ "^[ \t]*$") For example, if I input 00000500.25 This will pass the regex, I would like that to fail. The following should pass... -
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Space after zip code
I'm trying to modify this regular expression so that a zip code with a space directly after it will pass. That is, if I have a zip code "45887 " It will not be added to the "BadZipCount array" I've highlighted in blue what I have now. It will check for a space before and after the zip code... -
Checking for spaces in fields with Regular Expression
Thank you, I also came up with this: x ~ "^[ \t]*$" -
Checking for spaces in fields with Regular Expression
Hi, I need help writing a regular expression to check for anything >= to 1 space. That is, if my record seperator is a "|" if I have a field that is | | or | | or | | I want the regular expression to be able to check for that. Thanks for the help -
Change Current Directory
Annihilannic, Thanks for the work around. I'm happy accepting it as a bug as well. I'm using AWK version 3.1.6 w/ XP (cygwin library) J -
Change Current Directory
I'm trying to use the system command to change the current directory: My root directory is c:\qa1.0, When I run the following code I'm setting the DIRECTORY variable to "c:\qa1.0\Pass" The system command is not recognizing the DIRECTORY variable. print("Please enter the directory you wish... -
Help with traversing records in an AWK .exe
feherke, Annihilannic, Thank you again for your excellent advice and help. -
Help with traversing records in an AWK .exe
Feherke, thank you for your help. I used NR in the for statement so that the loop will run until it reaches the end of the file. for(i = 0; i < NR; i++) So when i is equal to NR it will be processing the last record in the file. Why is this incorrect? You ControlSum() solution worked for... -
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Help with traversing records in an AWK .exe
feherke, Thanks for your quick response. I am new to AWK and I'm still learning its functionality. I tried your solution to my problem and I'm still getting the same error. Let me give you some background as to what I'm trying to do: I'm working on an awk program that is compiled (by MKS)... -
Help with traversing records in an AWK .exe
Okay, I'm having a problem with an awk program I'm working on. What I'm doing is checking the entire file for a hex non printable character. This is how I do it: for(f = 0; f <= NR; f++){ if (match($0, /\x1B/) != 0) { NON_PRINT_CHAR = 1...
