> On Jul 5, 2022, at 4:53 PM, RVP <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, 5 Jul 2022, Brook Milligan wrote: > >> If :ts will not break a variable into a new set of words based upon the >> separator, what does it do? What is it for? >> > > I think :ts is analogous to how the ORS var. is used in awk: > > Ie. uses a different char. as word-separator on expansion. Words are still > only broken only on WS, I think.
I think I’m trying to wrap my head around the difference. What is the difference between “word-separator on expansion” and “words broken”? I think you are saying that the “word separator” (i.e., defined by :ts) does not “break” words. There must be some subtle distinction that I do not understand. How can the result of :ts be used if it does not break a string into distinct words? Cheers, Brook
