1#Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 17:42:20 +0200
2#From: Iva Cabric <ivac@fly.srk.fer.hr>
3#To: bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org
4#Cc: arnold@gnu.org
5#Subject: Problem in gawk with match
6#
7#Hello,
8#
9#gawk reports fatal error in match when first character in regexp is "=" :
10#
11#$ gawk '{ where = match($0, /=a/); print where}'
12#gawk: cmd. line:1: { where = match($0, /=a/); print where}
13#gawk: cmd. line:1:                     ^ parse error
14#gawk: cmd. line:1: fatal: match() cannot have 0 arguments
15#
16#Using "\=" instead "=" works without problems :
17#
18#$ gawk '{ where = match($0, /\=a/); print where}'
19#sdgfa
20#0
21#asdfds=a
22#7
23#
24#Other versions of awk have no problems with "/=/" (except oawk on SunOS).
25#
26#--
27#     	 		 	 @
28#
29{ where = match($0, /=a/); print where}
30