BEGIN { a[1] = 20; a[2] = 40; a[3,5,6] = 40; a["abc"] = 20; for (i in a) print "a[" i "]=" a[i]; #SUBSEP=",,,"; SUBSEP=4.5; #SUBSEP=555; print "------------------------"; a[9,x,3] = 40; for (i in a) print "a[" i "]=" a[i]; }