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diff --git a/doc/gawk.texi b/doc/gawk.texi index c296ac8e..be8619a6 100644 --- a/doc/gawk.texi +++ b/doc/gawk.texi @@ -23296,7 +23296,8 @@ 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}. |