Re: Simple AWK question
>Your syntax error is that sprintf "prints" to a string buffer, not a file. >Now, p'rhaps he wants fprintf, 'e does, Precious It is interesting how sprintf() >> "filename" has been working all the years. Probably for the wrong reason. MB -- e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/~\ The ASCII \ / Ribbon Campaign [So it's true, scythe matters. Willow 5/12/03] X Against Visit - URL: http://vidiot.com/ / \ HTML Email -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: Simple AWK question
>I dont have my GAWK manual handy, but I think your problem may
>be that you are using SPRINTF which is a print to string function
>as in str = sprintf() rather than something like fprintf() or printf()
Not using gawk, using the original awk. Don't know if the original awk even
supports fprintf() or printf().
>I would expect that the format overall would be
>
> INPUT_SOURCE | awk -f awk-script_file > outputfile
>
>and awk-script_file
> would contain your awk code
> including something like
>
> printf("\"%s\",\"%s\"\n", SiteVal, CustomerID);
>
> or the %c format illustrated below...
>
>The syntax error may not be the "'s, but your use of sprintf and the more
>PERL Like
>>> "filename" . These constructs may have been added in GAWK, but they were
>not in
>the original AWK as far as I can remember.
The >> "filename" construct is definately in awk. I see that printf is in the
awk man page.
In any event, I got it figured out.
MB
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Re: Simple AWK question
> From: Vidiot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 11:17:14 -0500 (CDT)
>
> In all my years of using awk, this is the first time I've ever had to
> output a " character to a file. For example, I have the following:
>
> sprintf("%s,%s\n", SiteVal, CustomerID) >> "outputfile"
> I need the line in the output file to look like:
> "SiteVal","CustomerID"
>
How 'bout
outline = sprintf("\"%s\",\"%s\"\n", SiteVal, CustomerID)
>
> I've tried "\"%s\",\"%s\"\n", but get a syntax error. Instead of \",
Your syntax error is that sprintf "prints" to a string buffer, not a file.
Now, p'rhaps he wants fprintf, 'e does, Precious
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RE: Simple AWK question
I dont have my GAWK manual handy, but I think your problem may
be that you are using SPRINTF which is a print to string function
as in str = sprintf() rather than something like fprintf() or printf()
I would expect that the format overall would be
INPUT_SOURCE | awk -f awk-script_file > outputfile
and awk-script_file
would contain your awk code
including something like
printf("\"%s\",\"%s\"\n", SiteVal, CustomerID);
or the %c format illustrated below...
The syntax error may not be the "'s, but your use of sprintf and the more
PERL Like
>> "filename" . These constructs may have been added in GAWK, but they were
not in
the original AWK as far as I can remember.
Check the manual.
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>
> >I suppose you could try
> >sprintf("%c%s%c,%c%s%c\n", '"', SiteVal, '"', '"',
> CustomerID, '"') >>
> >"outputfile"
>
> awk: syntax error near line 13
> awk: illegal statement near line 13
> awk: newline in string near line 13
>
> It is definatly baffling.
>
> MB
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Re: Simple AWK question
On 11-Jun-2003/11:17 -0500, Vidiot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In all my years of using awk, this is the first time I've ever had to output
>a " character to a file. For example, I have the following:
>
> sprintf("%s,%s\n", SiteVal, CustomerID) >> "outputfile"
>
>
>I need the line in the output file to look like:
>
> "SiteVal","CustomerID"
>
>I've tried "\"%s\",\"%s\"\n", but get a syntax error. Instead of \",
>I've tried \042 and still get a syntax error. I've tried adding another %s and
>supplying \" and \042 as the string, only to get errors.
>
>How does one get sprintf in awk to oputput a " character? The man page for
>sprintf doesn't say how to do it either.
For me, this would fall into the "find another way to do it" category. I'd
output the data tab-delimited and post-process it using perl, assuming I
already had the rest of the awk code written. It would probably be faster
than spending a lot of time figuring this out.
Tony
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Re: Simple AWK question
Try using sprintf("%c", 042 ) and whatever else you need to complete
this.
> In all my years of using awk, this is the first time I've ever had to
> output
> a " character to a file. For example, I have the following:
>
> sprintf("%s,%s\n", SiteVal, CustomerID) >> "outputfile"
>
>
> I need the line in the output file to look like:
>
> "SiteVal","CustomerID"
>
> I've tried "\"%s\",\"%s\"\n", but get a syntax error. Instead of \",
> I've tried \042 and still get a syntax error. I've tried adding another
> %s and
> supplying \" and \042 as the string, only to get errors.
>
> How does one get sprintf in awk to oputput a " character? The man page
> for
> sprintf doesn't say how to do it either.
>
> Thanks.
>
> MB
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Re: Simple AWK question
>I suppose you could try
> sprintf("%c%s%c,%c%s%c\n", '"', SiteVal, '"', '"', CustomerID, '"') >>
>"outputfile"
awk: syntax error near line 13
awk: illegal statement near line 13
awk: newline in string near line 13
It is definatly baffling.
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RE: Simple AWK question
>
> In all my years of using awk, this is the first time I've
> ever had to output
> a " character to a file. For example, I have the following:
>
> sprintf("%s,%s\n", SiteVal, CustomerID) >> "outputfile"
I suppose you could try
sprintf("%c%s%c,%c%s%c\n", '"', SiteVal, '"', '"', CustomerID, '"') >>
"outputfile"
A little hokey, but should work..
>
>
> I need the line in the output file to look like:
>
> "SiteVal","CustomerID"
>
> I've tried "\"%s\",\"%s\"\n", but get a syntax error. Instead of \",
> I've tried \042 and still get a syntax error. I've tried
> adding another %s and
> supplying \" and \042 as the string, only to get errors.
>
> How does one get sprintf in awk to oputput a " character?
> The man page for
> sprintf doesn't say how to do it either.
>
> Thanks.
>
> MB
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Re: Simple AWK question
Have you tried using three " in a row. For example,
"""SiteVal""","""CustomerID"""
On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 12:17, Vidiot wrote:
> In all my years of using awk, this is the first time I've ever had to output
> a " character to a file. For example, I have the following:
>
> sprintf("%s,%s\n", SiteVal, CustomerID) >> "outputfile"
>
>
> I need the line in the output file to look like:
>
> "SiteVal","CustomerID"
>
> I've tried "\"%s\",\"%s\"\n", but get a syntax error. Instead of \",
> I've tried \042 and still get a syntax error. I've tried adding another %s and
> supplying \" and \042 as the string, only to get errors.
>
> How does one get sprintf in awk to oputput a " character? The man page for
> sprintf doesn't say how to do it either.
>
> Thanks.
>
> MB
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