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authorArnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>2023-05-15 22:23:32 +0300
committerArnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>2023-05-15 22:23:32 +0300
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@@ -9832,6 +9832,12 @@ $ @kbd{awk 'BEGIN @{}
@print{} 17 18
@end example
+More detail on how @command{awk} converts numeric values into
+strings is provided in @ref{Strings And Numbers}. In particular, for
+@code{print}, @command{awk} uses the value of @code{OFMT} instead of
+that of @code{CONVFMT}, but otherwise behaves exactly the same
+as described in that @value{SECTION}.
+
@noindent
@cindex dark corner @subentry @code{OFMT} variable
@cindex POSIX @command{awk} @subentry @code{OFMT} variable and
@@ -43872,6 +43878,15 @@ download link.
The project may also be frozen; no new code changes have been made
since approximately 2014.
+@item @command{cppawk}
+@cindex @command{cppawk}
+@cindex source code @subentry @command{cppawk}
+Quoting from the web page, ``@command{cppawk} is a tiny shell script that is
+used like @command{awk}. It invokes the C preprocessor (GNU @command{cpp}) on the Awk
+code and calls Awk on the result.'' This program may be of use if
+the way @command{gawk}'s @code{@@include} facility works doesn't suit
+your needs. For more information, see @uref{https://www.kylheku.com/cgit/cppawk/}.
+
@item Other versions
See also the ``Versions and implementations'' section of the
@uref{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awk_language#Versions_and_implementations,