Getting Awk to Add Zeroes 1

[thunderkid]

I have a simple awk script that I am trying to get awk script to print 0 (zero) when it does not find any quantities as it searches a data file. Here is an example script

BEGIN { print "nuts", "apples" }
$1 == nuts && $8 == apples
{found++}
END { print $1, $8}

I have tried inserting the following before the last print statement, but could not get it to work:

if (found = "")
found = 0
else found = found

thanks
thunderkid

 

[PHV]

Something like this ?
BEGIN { print "nuts", "apples"; found=0 }
$1 == "nuts" && $8 == "apples"
{found++}
END { print found}


Hope This Help, PH.
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[PHV]

Another way, to force the unitialized variable found to print as zero:
printf "%d\n",found

Hope This Help, PH.
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[thunderkid]

PH
The first solution worked. I will have to give the second solution a try. You deserve a star! Have a good weekend.
Thanks