Re: Where is igawk and why doesn't @include replicate this feature?

[Steven Penny <svnpenn at gmail dot com>]

On Wed, 11 Sep 2019 16:54:49, Troy Kenah wrote:
> I used to embed @include junk.awk statements to reduce repetitive code but
> this no longer works. These were files were not functions, simply code
> snippets; this is the type of error I am now seeing:
>
> gawk: get_FY2019Q1OIC.awk:28: @include "../inc/segments.awk"
> gawk: get_FY2019Q1OIC.awk:28:  ^ syntax error
> gawk: get_FY2019Q1OIC.awk:36:         fromdate=mktime("2019 09 01 00 00 00")
> gawk: get_FY2019Q1OIC.awk:36:                         ^ syntax error
> gawk: get_FY2019Q1OIC.awk:36:         fromdate=mktime("2019 09 01 00 00 00")
> gawk: get_FY2019Q1OIC.awk:36:
>  ^ 0 is invalid as number of arguments for mktime

Works fine here:

   $ gawk --version
   GNU Awk 5.0.1, API: 2.0 (GNU MPFR 4.0.2, GNU MP 6.1.2)

   $ cat one.awk
   function f1(n1) {
      return n1 + 10
   }

   $ cat two.awk
   @include "one.awk"
   BEGIN {
      print f1(20)
   }

   $ unset POSIXLY_CORRECT
   $ gawk -f two.awk
   30

Finally, I would make a suggestion. "@include" is not POSIX, so if you find
yourself relying on something like this more and more, it might be better to
switch to a proper programming language. Something like Perl, Lua or Tcl.


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