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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/awkcard.in')
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
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. |