1BEGIN { 2 split(" 1.234 ", f, "|") # create a numeric string (strnum) value 3 OFMT = "%.1f" 4 CONVFMT = "%.2f" 5 6 # Check whether a strnum is displayed the same way before and 7 # after force_number is called. Also, should numeric strings 8 # be formatted with OFMT and CONVFMT or show the original string value? 9 10 print f[1] # OFMT 11 print (f[1] "") # CONVFMT 12 13 # force conversion to NUMBER if it has not happened already 14 x = f[1]+0 15 16 print f[1] # OFMT 17 print (f[1] "") # CONVFMT 18} 19