On 2019-09-11 05:52, Steven Penny wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Sep 2019 16:54:49, Troy Kenah wrote:
>> I used to embed @include junk.awk statements to reduce repetitive code but
>> this no longer works. These were files were not functions, simply code
>> snippets; this is the type of error I am now seeing:
> Works fine here:
>
> $ gawk --version
> GNU Awk 5.0.1, API: 2.0 (GNU MPFR 4.0.2, GNU MP 6.1.2)
>
> $ cat one.awk
> function f1(n1) {
> return n1 + 10
> }
>
> $ cat two.awk
> @include "one.awk"
> BEGIN {
> print f1(20)
> }
>
> $ unset POSIXLY_CORRECT
> $ gawk -f two.awk
> 30
>
> Finally, I would make a suggestion. "@include" is not POSIX, so if you find
> yourself relying on something like this more and more, it might be better to
> switch to a proper programming language. Something like Perl, Lua or Tcl.
Any number of files are supported with option -f repetition as are expressions
with option -e repetition in any order.
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