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| author | Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> | 2017-04-12 11:36:36 +0300 |
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| committer | Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> | 2017-04-12 11:36:36 +0300 |
| commit | 6ba1d42808efba4f381aaeec54211a7802b816ff (patch) | |
| tree | 00513bc313fec3b13a4a264898868663060a71aa /doc/awkcard.in | |
| parent | 9d331bd9dc0f3e752b1c4a80fe1f7eaad8e34403 (diff) | |
| parent | c9c9fe5bb2d5c6b07a67f4cf6861aeb6d9bbfcfd (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'master' into feature/stringfix
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diff --git a/doc/awkcard.in b/doc/awkcard.in index 418cc8d9..86aeee2e 100644 --- a/doc/awkcard.in +++ b/doc/awkcard.in @@ -556,8 +556,10 @@ fails, or if \*(FCclose()\*(FR fails. T} \*(FCFIELDWIDTHS\fP T{ -Whitespace separated list of field widths. Used -to parse the input into fields of fixed width, +Whitespace-separated list of field widths. +Each field width may optionally be preceded by a colon-separated +value specifying the number of characters to skip before the field starts. +Used to parse the input into fields of fixed width, instead of the value of \*(FCFS\fP.\*(CD T} \*(FCFILENAME\fP T{ @@ -1017,6 +1019,8 @@ also affects how fields are split when variable is set to a space-separated list of numbers, each field is expected to have a fixed width, and \*(GK splits up the record using the specified widths. +Each field width may optionally be preceded by a colon-separated +value specifying the number of characters to skip before the field starts. The value of \*(FCFS\fP is ignored. Assigning a new value to \*(FCFS\fP or \*(FCFPAT\fP overrides the use of \*(FCFIELDWIDTHS\*(FR. |