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diff --git a/doc/gawktexi.in b/doc/gawktexi.in index c354d2c8..875893f1 100644 --- a/doc/gawktexi.in +++ b/doc/gawktexi.in @@ -4432,8 +4432,8 @@ produces the following result: @example $ @kbd{gawk -f test2} -@print{} This is file test1. -@print{} This is file test2. +@print{} This is script test1. +@print{} This is script test2. @end example @code{gawk} runs the @file{test2} script which includes @file{test1} @@ -4463,9 +4463,9 @@ following results: @example $ @kbd{gawk -f test3} -@print{} This is file test1. -@print{} This is file test2. -@print{} This is file test3. +@print{} This is script test1. +@print{} This is script test2. +@print{} This is script test3. @end example The @value{FN} can, of course, be a pathname. For example: @@ -14330,9 +14330,13 @@ the record separator. It is set every time a record is read. @cindex @code{SYMTAB} array @cindex differences in @command{awk} and @command{gawk}, @code{SYMTAB} variable @item @code{SYMTAB #} -An array whose indices are the names of all currently defined -global variables and arrays in the program. The array may be used -for indirect access to read or write the value of a variable: +An array whose indices are the names of all defined global variables and +arrays in the program. @code{SYMTAB} makes @command{gawk}'s symbol table +visible to the @command{awk} programmer. It is built as @command{gawk} +parses the program and is complete before the program starts to run. + +The array may be used for indirect access to read or write the value of +a variable: @example foo = 5 |