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Strange carry over in awk summation
Hey guys, I ran across something really odd today. I'm summing columns in a flat file, and then running an equivalence check against the cooresponding summed columns. This is my code for the summing of the columns: SUM1 += ($CFIELD)*100; SUM2 += ($CFIELD2)*100; print(SUM2); SUM3 +=... -
Awk is rounding numeric variables, any way around it?
Hey, I am having an issue with awk rounding numeric variables. My script is as follows: function ControlSumSix() { while((getline < MYFILENAME)>0) { COUNT = $CFIELD; COUNT2 = $CFIELD2; COUNT3 = $CFIELD3; COUNT4 = $CFIELD4; COUNT5 = $CFIELD5; COUNT6 = $CFIELD6... -
Running awk script on a file in another folder
The error I was receiving was from the shell, and it was because I was creating a file inside the script which had a naming convention that began with the filepath. Therefore, because a filepath was inside name of the document that I am attempting to create, I was receiving an "file not found"... -
Running awk script on a file in another folder
it is a windows executable that is created by compiling an awk script. however, i'm not sure that that that is the essential point. I just want to run an awk script on a file that is located in a different folder. Is there anything I need to write to allow awk to handle this exception? -
Running awk script on a file in another folder
Okay, I am attempting to run a compiled awk executable against a file that is in another folder. I tried giving the executable the path of the file, but it gives an error, as if it cannot find the file. Any ideas? Thanks for all help. -
Leap Year Regex
The regular expression is correct, simple mistake. thanks for checking it though. No more help needed. -
Leap Year Regex
I have written this leap year regex and checked it with the year 2099 and have gotten incorrect results. Here is my regex: if((Year%4)==0 && (Year%100 != 0 || Year%400 == 0)) { ISLEAPYEAR = 1; } # Regular expression check, checks each month individually, due to differences in numbers of...
