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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ .ds PX \s-1POSIX\s+1 .ds UX \s-1UNIX\s+1 .ds AN \s-1ANSI\s+1 -.TH GAWK 1 "Dec 19 1996" "Free Software Foundation" "Utility Commands" +.TH GAWK 1 "Apr 28 1999" "Free Software Foundation" "Utility Commands" .SH NAME gawk \- pattern scanning and processing language .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -2150,6 +2150,12 @@ Functions may call each other and may be recursive. Function parameters used as local variables are initialized to the null string and the number zero upon function invocation. .PP +Use +.BI return " expr" +to return a value from a function. The return value is undefined if no +value is provided, or if the function returns by ``falling off'' the +end. +.PP If .B \-\^\-lint has been provided, @@ -2535,7 +2541,7 @@ and the effort to do so really is not worth it. .SH VERSION INFORMATION This man page documents .IR gawk , -version 3.0.2. +version 3.0.4. .SH AUTHORS The original version of \*(UX .I awk @@ -2566,10 +2572,10 @@ help from Darrel Hankerson. Fred Fish supplied support for the Amiga. If you find a bug in .IR gawk , please send electronic mail to -.BR bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu , +.BR bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org , .I with a carbon copy to -.BR arnold@gnu.ai.mit.edu . +.BR arnold@gnu.org . Please include your operating system and its revision, the version of .IR gawk , what C compiler you used to compile it, and a test program @@ -2598,7 +2604,7 @@ Brian Kernighan of Bell Labs provided valuable assistance during testing and debugging. We thank him. .SH COPYING PERMISSIONS -Copyright \(co) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright \(co) 1996,97,98,99 Free Software Foundation, Inc. .PP Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this manual page provided the copyright notice and this permission |