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- string
- byte string
- array
- function
- regular expression
To know the current type of a value, call typename().
function f() { return 10; }
BEGIN {
a="hello";
b=12345;
print typename(a), typename(b), typename(c), typename(f), typename(1.23), typename(B"world");
}
A regular expression literal is special in that it never appears as an indendent value and still entails a match operation against $0 without an match operator.
BEGIN { $0="ab"; print /ab/, typename(/ab/); }
For this reason, there is no way to get the type name of a regular expressin literal.
### Pragmas
A program item of the file scope can be placed in any source files.
A pragma item of the file scope can be placed in any source files.
A pragma item of the global scope can appear only once thoughout the all source files.
| | Scope | Values | Description |
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BEGIN { x[3]=99; q(x); for (i in x) print i, x[i]; }'
### Positional variable expression
There are subtle differences when you put an expression for a position variable. In Hawk, most of the ambiguity issues are resolved if you enclose the expression inside parentheses.
| | HAWK | AWK |
|--------------|---------------|-----------------|
| $++$++i | syntax error | OK |
| $(++$(++i)) | OK | syntax error |
## Basic Modules <a name="basic-modules"></a>
### sys