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diff --git a/doc/gawk.texi b/doc/gawk.texi index 0f424237..c296ac8e 100644 --- a/doc/gawk.texi +++ b/doc/gawk.texi @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ @c applies to and all the info about who's publishing this edition @c These apply across the board. -@set UPDATE-MONTH January, 2021 +@set UPDATE-MONTH July, 2021 @set VERSION 5.1 @set PATCHLEVEL 0 @@ -18668,6 +18668,9 @@ You may use them as the first argument, but only if providing a second array to use for the actual sorting. @end quotation +You are allowed to use the same array for both the @var{source} and @var{dest} +arguments, but doing so only makes sense if you're also supplying the third argument. + @item @code{gensub(@var{regexp}, @var{replacement}, @var{how}} [@code{, @var{target}}]@code{) #} @cindexgawkfunc{gensub} @cindex search and replace in strings @@ -29889,6 +29892,12 @@ there is only one copy of the original array elements' data, even though both arrays use the values. @end quotation +You may use the same array for both the first and second arguments to +@code{asort()} and @code{asorti()}. Doing so only makes sense if you +are also supplying the third argument, since @command{awk} doesn't +provide a way to pass that third argument without also passing the first +and second ones. + @c Document It And Call It A Feature. Sigh. @cindex @command{gawk} @subentry @code{IGNORECASE} variable in @cindex arrays @subentry sorting @subentry @code{IGNORECASE} variable and |