1 # The bug here is that nawk should use the value of OFS that 2 # was current when $0 became invalid to rebuild the record. 3 4 BEGIN { 5 OFS = ":" 6 $0 = "a b c d e f g" 7 $3 = "3333" 8 # Conceptually, $0 should now be "a:b:3333:d:e:f:g" 9 10 # Change OFS after (conceptually) rebuilding the record 11 OFS = "<>" 12 13 # Unmodifed nawk prints "a<>b<>3333<>d<>e<>f<>g" because 14 # it delays rebuilding $0 until it's needed, and then it uses 15 # the current value of OFS. Oops. 16 print 17 } 18
