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| author | Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> | 2011-03-29 20:51:30 +0200 |
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| committer | Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> | 2011-03-29 20:51:30 +0200 |
| commit | 2400cc5143383a881356a9f55e93b60037d851e5 (patch) | |
| tree | 3ba75f8b1225bf50e48b4f6c381e7772f1ab6c5b /doc/gawk.1 | |
| parent | 4fe569fb78dd1b25822c16c9cac515a0fc6702a4 (diff) | |
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Revise array sorting for PROCINFO["sorted_in"].
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@@ -1082,13 +1082,20 @@ system call. \fBPROCINFO["sorted_in"]\fP If this element exists in .BR PROCINFO , -.IR "no matter what its value" , -then -.I gawk -will cause array +then its value controls the order in which array elements +are traversed in .B for -loops -to traverse the array indices in sorted order. +loops. +Supported values are +\fB"ascending index string"\fR, +\fB"ascending index number"\fR, +\fB"ascending value"\fR, +\fB"descending index string"\fR, +\fB"descending index number"\fR, +\fB"descending value"\fR, and +\fB"unsorted"\fR. +The order specification words can be truncated, or omitted (provided +that at least one is present), or given in any order. .TP \fBPROCINFO["version"]\fP the version of |