1# From sbohdjal@matrox.com Tue Dec 31 11:41:25 2002 2# Return-Path: <sbohdjal@matrox.com> 3# X-From_: sbohdjal@matrox.com Mon Dec 30 17:34:41 2002 4# Message-Id: <4.3.1.1.20021230101824.00fc4bd8@mailbox.matrox.com> 5# Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 10:33:10 -0500 6# To: bug-gawk@gnu.org 7# From: Serge Bohdjalian <sbohdjal@matrox.com> 8# Subject: GAWK 3.1.1 bug, DJGPP port 9# 10# When I run the following AWK file... 11# 12BEGIN { 13 $0 = "00E0"; 14 print $0 ", " ($0 && 1) ", " ($0 != ""); 15 $1 = "00E0"; 16 print $1 ", " ($1 && 1) ", " ($1 != ""); 17} 18# 19# With the SimTel version of GAWK 3.1.1 for Windows (downloadable from 20# ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2gnu/), I get the following 21# output... 22# 23# 00E0, 0, 1 24# 00E0, 1, 1 25# 26# With the Cygwin version of GAWK 3.1.1 for Windows, I get... 27# 28# 00E0, 1, 1 29# 00E0, 1, 1 30# 31# As far as I know, if "$0" isn't blank, the value of "($0 && 1)" should be 32# "1" (true). I get the same problem if I substitute "00E0" with "00E1" to 33# "00E9". Other strings don't have have this problem (for example, "00EA"). 34# The problem occurs whether I use file input or whether I manually assign 35# "$0" (as above). 36# 37# The problem is also discussed in a comp.lang.awk posting ("Bug in GAWK 38# 3.1.1?", Dec. 27, 2002). 39# 40# -Serge 41