conditional question AWK, awk expert pls help ...

[hendnov]

Hi guys,

I've got the script in awk
Here's part of my script :

I want to add conditional question which in
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END {
is this b or a ?
if its a, doing below ...

total = 6*sum
semua = total + jumlah
printf "TOTAL SGML FILES IS = %s \n SPACE FOR SGML : 6 * %s = %s \n\n", sum, sum, total
for(j=0;j<i;++j)print a[j]
printf "TOTAL GRAPHIC FILES = %s \n TOTAL SPACE REQUIRED = %s \n", jumlah, semua

if its b, doing another ...

}
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any idea how to do this guys, I know for some of you it seems easy. But not yet for me. THX guys

 

[PHV]

A starting point:
if(some condition){
# some instructions here
}

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[hendnov]

Thx PHV,

But I guess, it's not what I am asking...

I'm looking for conditional question..
how to put it in awk..
and how to get the input value which is the answer from user ...

let's say the question is :
is it A or B ?
so if the answer is A
how to get the input value "A" from user in awk...

Thx guys

 

[Annihilannic]

I have done this in the past by setting a variable called TTY to the tty of the current user, for example

[tt]tty > /tmp/tty.$$
awk -v TTY=`cat /tmp/tty.$$` '
{
...
print "User, please give me some input"
getline < TTY
print "User entered " $0
...
}'
rm /tmp/tty.$$[/tt]

A bit clunky, but it worked.

Annihilannic.

 

[PHV]

Bottom line: have a look at the -v command line option.

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[vgersh99]

... and why do you need awk exactly?

vlad
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