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@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ . if \w'\(rq' .ds rq "\(rq . \} .\} -.TH GAWK 1 "February 3 2003" "Free Software Foundation" "Utility Commands" +.TH GAWK 1 "June 25 2003" "Free Software Foundation" "Utility Commands" .SH NAME gawk \- pattern scanning and processing language .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -1678,6 +1678,7 @@ as follows: \fBdo \fIstatement \fBwhile (\fIcondition\fB)\fR \fBfor (\fIexpr1\fB; \fIexpr2\fB; \fIexpr3\fB) \fIstatement\fR \fBfor (\fIvar \fBin\fI array\fB) \fIstatement\fR +.\" \fBswitch (\fIexpression\fB) { \fBcase [\fIvalue\fB|\fIregex\fB] : \fIstatement \fBdefault: \fIstatement \fB}\fR \fBbreak\fR \fBcontinue\fR \fBdelete \fIarray\^\fB[\^\fIindex\^\fB]\fR @@ -1928,6 +1929,22 @@ A single .B % character; no argument is converted. .PP +.BR NOTE : +When using the integer format-control letters for values that are +outside the range of a C +.B long +integer, +.I gawk +switches to the +.B %g +format specifier. If +.B \-\^\-lint +is provided on the command line +.I gawk +warns about this. Other versions of +.I awk +may print invalid values or do something else entirely. +.PP Optional, additional parameters may lie between the .B % and the control letter: @@ -2193,7 +2210,10 @@ Truncates to integer. The natural logarithm function. .TP .B rand() -Returns a random number between 0 and 1. +Returns a random number +.IR N , +between 0 and 1, +such that 0 \(<= \fIN\fP < 1. .TP .BI sin( expr ) Returns the sine of @@ -3319,7 +3339,7 @@ and Martin Brown provided the BeOS port. .SH VERSION INFORMATION This man page documents .IR gawk , -version 3.1.0. +version 3.1.3. .SH BUG REPORTS If you find a bug in .IR gawk , |