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| author | Andrew J. Schorr <aschorr@telemetry-investments.com> | 2021-07-07 14:14:20 -0400 |
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| committer | Andrew J. Schorr <aschorr@telemetry-investments.com> | 2021-07-07 14:14:20 -0400 |
| commit | 05934dc71d21c667bf1ec1e2e9d5d878795bfc86 (patch) | |
| tree | 0b14f8b46c0869a81ced2897f25798cfeaca7928 /doc/gawktexi.in | |
| parent | d1331d9a9e6053341b6027a91944d7f099ff5de3 (diff) | |
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Improve isnumeric documentation.
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diff --git a/doc/gawktexi.in b/doc/gawktexi.in index 3fd1f06c..a2c69c56 100644 --- a/doc/gawktexi.in +++ b/doc/gawktexi.in @@ -22208,7 +22208,8 @@ to add an additional check for that. Traditionally, it has been recommended to check for numeric values using the test @samp{x+0 == x}. This function is superior in two ways: it will not report that unassigned variables contain numeric values; and it recognizes -string values with numeric contents. +string values with numeric contents where @code{CONVFMT} does not yield +the original string. On the other hand, it uses the @code{typeof()} function (@pxref{Type Functions}), which is specific to @command{gawk}. |