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diff --git a/doc/gawktexi.in b/doc/gawktexi.in index 3fd1f06c..a2c69c56 100644 --- a/doc/gawktexi.in +++ b/doc/gawktexi.in @@ -22208,7 +22208,8 @@ 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}. |