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@@ -3732,6 +3732,14 @@ character set. For example, '[0-9]' is equivalent to '[0123456789]'.
standard and 'gawk' have changed over time. This is mainly of
historical interest.)
+ With the increasing popularity of the Unicode character standard
+(http://www.unicode.org), there is an additional wrinkle to consider.
+Octal and hexadecimal escape sequences inside bracket expressions are
+taken to represent only single-byte characters (characters whose values
+fit within the range 0-256). To match a range of characters where the
+endpoints of the range are larger than 256, enter the multibyte
+encodings of the characters directly.
+
To include one of the characters '\', ']', '-', or '^' in a bracket
expression, put a '\' in front of it. For example:
@@ -32138,7 +32146,7 @@ Index
* - (hyphen), -= operator: Assignment Ops. (line 129)
* - (hyphen), -= operator <1>: Precedence. (line 94)
* - (hyphen), filenames beginning with: Options. (line 60)
-* - (hyphen), in bracket expressions: Bracket Expressions. (line 17)
+* - (hyphen), in bracket expressions: Bracket Expressions. (line 25)
* --assign option: Options. (line 32)
* --bignum option: Options. (line 203)
* --characters-as-bytes option: Options. (line 69)
@@ -32293,7 +32301,7 @@ Index
(line 43)
* \ (backslash), gsub()/gensub()/sub() functions and: Gory Details.
(line 6)
-* \ (backslash), in bracket expressions: Bracket Expressions. (line 17)
+* \ (backslash), in bracket expressions: Bracket Expressions. (line 25)
* \ (backslash), in escape sequences: Escape Sequences. (line 6)
* \ (backslash), in escape sequences <1>: Escape Sequences. (line 103)
* \ (backslash), in escape sequences, POSIX and: Escape Sequences.
@@ -32332,7 +32340,7 @@ Index
(line 41)
* \ (backslash), \` operator (gawk): GNU Regexp Operators.
(line 57)
-* ^ (caret), in bracket expressions: Bracket Expressions. (line 17)
+* ^ (caret), in bracket expressions: Bracket Expressions. (line 25)
* ^ (caret), in FS: Regexp Field Splitting.
(line 59)
* ^ (caret), regexp operator: Regexp Operators. (line 22)
@@ -32590,7 +32598,7 @@ Index
(line 43)
* backslash (\), gsub()/gensub()/sub() functions and: Gory Details.
(line 6)
-* backslash (\), in bracket expressions: Bracket Expressions. (line 17)
+* backslash (\), in bracket expressions: Bracket Expressions. (line 25)
* backslash (\), in escape sequences: Escape Sequences. (line 6)
* backslash (\), in escape sequences <1>: Escape Sequences. (line 103)
* backslash (\), in escape sequences, POSIX and: Escape Sequences.
@@ -32691,15 +32699,15 @@ Index
* bracket expressions: Regexp Operators. (line 56)
* bracket expressions <1>: Bracket Expressions. (line 6)
* bracket expressions, character classes: Bracket Expressions.
- (line 32)
+ (line 40)
* bracket expressions, collating elements: Bracket Expressions.
- (line 78)
+ (line 86)
* bracket expressions, collating symbols: Bracket Expressions.
- (line 85)
+ (line 93)
* bracket expressions, complemented: Regexp Operators. (line 64)
* bracket expressions, equivalence classes: Bracket Expressions.
- (line 91)
-* bracket expressions, non-ASCII: Bracket Expressions. (line 78)
+ (line 99)
+* bracket expressions, non-ASCII: Bracket Expressions. (line 86)
* bracket expressions, range expressions: Bracket Expressions.
(line 6)
* break debugger command: Breakpoint Control. (line 11)
@@ -32764,7 +32772,7 @@ Index
* call by value: Pass By Value/Reference.
(line 15)
* call stack, display in debugger: Execution Stack. (line 13)
-* caret (^), in bracket expressions: Bracket Expressions. (line 17)
+* caret (^), in bracket expressions: Bracket Expressions. (line 25)
* caret (^), regexp operator: Regexp Operators. (line 22)
* caret (^), regexp operator <1>: GNU Regexp Operators.
(line 62)
@@ -32816,8 +32824,8 @@ Index
* Close, Diane: Manual History. (line 34)
* Close, Diane <1>: Contributors. (line 21)
* Collado, Manuel: Acknowledgments. (line 60)
-* collating elements: Bracket Expressions. (line 78)
-* collating symbols: Bracket Expressions. (line 85)
+* collating elements: Bracket Expressions. (line 86)
+* collating symbols: Bracket Expressions. (line 93)
* Colombo, Antonio: Acknowledgments. (line 60)
* Colombo, Antonio <1>: Contributors. (line 141)
* columns, aligning: Print Examples. (line 69)
@@ -33248,7 +33256,7 @@ Index
* EBCDIC: Ordinal Functions. (line 45)
* effective group ID of gawk user: Auto-set. (line 153)
* effective user ID of gawk user: Auto-set. (line 161)
-* egrep utility: Bracket Expressions. (line 26)
+* egrep utility: Bracket Expressions. (line 34)
* egrep utility <1>: Egrep Program. (line 6)
* egrep.awk program: Egrep Program. (line 53)
* elements in arrays, assigning values: Assigning Elements. (line 6)
@@ -33300,7 +33308,7 @@ Index
* equals sign (=), == operator: Comparison Operators.
(line 11)
* equals sign (=), == operator <1>: Precedence. (line 64)
-* EREs (Extended Regular Expressions): Bracket Expressions. (line 26)
+* EREs (Extended Regular Expressions): Bracket Expressions. (line 34)
* ERRNO variable: Auto-set. (line 87)
* ERRNO variable <1>: TCP/IP Networking. (line 54)
* ERRNO variable, with BEGINFILE pattern: BEGINFILE/ENDFILE. (line 26)
@@ -33361,7 +33369,7 @@ Index
* expressions, matching, See comparison expressions: Typing and Comparison.
(line 9)
* expressions, selecting: Conditional Exp. (line 6)
-* Extended Regular Expressions (EREs): Bracket Expressions. (line 26)
+* Extended Regular Expressions (EREs): Bracket Expressions. (line 34)
* extension API: Extension API Description.
(line 6)
* extension API informational variables: Extension API Informational Variables.
@@ -33630,7 +33638,7 @@ Index
* gawk, awk and <1>: This Manual. (line 14)
* gawk, bitwise operations in: Bitwise Functions. (line 40)
* gawk, break statement in: Break Statement. (line 51)
-* gawk, character classes and: Bracket Expressions. (line 100)
+* gawk, character classes and: Bracket Expressions. (line 108)
* gawk, coding style in: Adding Code. (line 37)
* gawk, command-line options, and regular expressions: GNU Regexp Operators.
(line 73)
@@ -33834,7 +33842,7 @@ Index
* hyphen (-), -= operator: Assignment Ops. (line 129)
* hyphen (-), -= operator <1>: Precedence. (line 94)
* hyphen (-), filenames beginning with: Options. (line 60)
-* hyphen (-), in bracket expressions: Bracket Expressions. (line 17)
+* hyphen (-), in bracket expressions: Bracket Expressions. (line 25)
* i debugger command (alias for info): Debugger Info. (line 13)
* id utility: Id Program. (line 6)
* id.awk program: Id Program. (line 31)
@@ -33923,7 +33931,7 @@ Index
* internationalization, localization <1>: Internationalization.
(line 13)
* internationalization, localization, character classes: Bracket Expressions.
- (line 100)
+ (line 108)
* internationalization, localization, gawk and: Internationalization.
(line 13)
* internationalization, localization, locale categories: Explaining gettext.
@@ -34386,11 +34394,11 @@ Index
* POSIX awk, backslashes in string constants: Escape Sequences.
(line 108)
* POSIX awk, BEGIN/END patterns: I/O And BEGIN/END. (line 15)
-* POSIX awk, bracket expressions and: Bracket Expressions. (line 26)
+* POSIX awk, bracket expressions and: Bracket Expressions. (line 34)
* POSIX awk, bracket expressions and, character classes: Bracket Expressions.
- (line 32)
+ (line 40)
* POSIX awk, bracket expressions and, character classes <1>: Bracket Expressions.
- (line 100)
+ (line 108)
* POSIX awk, break statement and: Break Statement. (line 51)
* POSIX awk, changes in awk versions: POSIX. (line 6)
* POSIX awk, continue statement and: Continue Statement. (line 44)
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