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UNIX® Shells by Example, Third Edition
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UNIX® Shells by Example, Third Edition

by Ellie Quigley
October 2001
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1040 pages
22h 50m
English
Pearson
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7.1. Variables

7.1.1. Numeric and String Constants

Numeric constants can be represented as integers, such as 243, floating point numbers, such as 3.14, or numbers using scientific notation, such as .723E-1 or 3.4e7. Strings, such as Hello world, are enclosed in double quotes.

Initialization and Type Coercion. Just mentioning a variable in your awk program causes it to exist. A variable can be a string, a number, or both. When it is set, it becomes the type of the expression on the right-hand side of the equal sign.

Uninitialized variables have the value zero or the value " ", depending on the context in which they are used.

name = "Nancy" name is a string

x++            x
						is a number;
						x
						is initialized to zero and incremented by 1

number = 35    number is ...
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