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diff --git a/test/igncdym.awk b/test/igncdym.awk new file mode 100644 index 00000000..3119c3e9 --- /dev/null +++ b/test/igncdym.awk @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@ +#From Jeffrey.B.Woodward@Hitchcock.ORG Mon Feb 21 09:33:32 2000 +#Message-id: <12901034@mailbox2.Hitchcock.ORG> +#Date: 20 Feb 2000 18:14:11 EST +#From: Jeffrey.B.Woodward@Hitchcock.ORG (Jeffrey B. Woodward) +#Subject: gawk 3.0.4 bug +#To: bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org +#Cc: arnold@gnu.org +# +#O/S: Digital UNIX 4.0D +# +#C Compiler: DEC C +# +#gawk version: 3.0.4 +# +#Sample Program: +#gawk ' + BEGIN { + pattern[1] = "bar" ; ignore[1] = 1 + pattern[2] = "foo" ; ignore[2] = 0 + } + + { + for (i = 1 ; i <= 2 ; i++) { + IGNORECASE = ignore[i] + print match($0, pattern[i]) " " pattern[i] ":" $0 + } + } +#' << -EOF- +#This is foo +#This is bar +#-EOF- +# +#Program Output: +#0 bar:This is foo +#0 foo:This is foo +#9 bar:This is bar +#9 foo:This is bar +# +# +#**Expected** Output: +#0 bar:This is foo +#9 foo:This is foo +#9 bar:This is bar +#0 foo:This is bar +# +# +#This problem appears to be directly related to IGNORECASE. If +#IGNORECASE remains constant, the program behaves as expected; +#however, switching IGNORECASE seems to causes problems - it is +#almost as though the pattern stored in the variable is treated +#as a constant and the regexp() is not recompiled(?) - just a +#guess... +# +# +#Thanks, +#-Jeff Woodward |