awk with no input file or pipe input

[w5000]

is there a way to tell awk $0 is what is on variable?

having this:
$ awk -va="5,10,111" 'BEGIN{print a}'
5,10,111

get output:
111 5 10

so,
awk -F\, -va="5,10,111" ....

 

[feherke]

Hi

Not sure where are you stuck. You only need to assign the desired value to [tt]$0[/tt] and Awk will immediately process it :

[blue]master #[/blue] awk -F, -va="5,10,111" '[b]BEGIN[/b][teal]{[/teal][navy]$0[/navy] [teal]=[/teal] a[teal];[/teal] [b]print[/b] [i][green]"last field of"[/green][/i][teal],[/teal] NF[teal],[/teal] [i][green]"has value"[/green][/i][teal],[/teal] [navy]$NF[/navy][teal]}[/teal]'
last field of 3 has value 111

Feherke.
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