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| author | Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> | 2016-06-15 20:50:07 +0300 |
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| committer | Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> | 2016-06-15 20:50:07 +0300 |
| commit | ddb62efafb5659dae532089af83350f066446424 (patch) | |
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Document typeof in manpage and reference card.
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@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ . if \w'\(rq' .ds rq "\(rq . \} .\} -.TH GAWK 1 "Mar 7 2016" "Free Software Foundation" "Utility Commands" +.TH GAWK 1 "Jun 15 2016" "Free Software Foundation" "Utility Commands" .SH NAME gawk \- pattern scanning and processing language .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -3213,13 +3213,28 @@ bits. Return the bitwise XOR of the values provided in the argument list. There must be at least two. .PP -.SS Type Function +.SS Type Functions The following function is for use with multidimensional arrays. .TP \fBisarray(\fIx\fB)\fR Return true if .I x is an array, false otherwise. +.PP +You can tell the type of any variable or array element with the +following function: +.TP +\fBtypeof(\fIx\fB)\fR +Return a string indicating the type of +.IR x . +The string will be one of +\fB"array"\fP, +\fB"number"\fP, +\fB"regexp"\fP, +\fB"string"\fP, +\fB"strnum"\fP, +or +\fB"undefined"\fP. .SS Internationalization Functions The following functions may be used from within your AWK program for translating strings at run-time. |