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| # The bug here is that nawk should use the value of OFS that
| # was current when $0 became invalid to rebuild the record.
|
| BEGIN {
| OFS = ":"
| $0 = "a b c d e f g"
| $3 = "3333"
| # Conceptually, $0 should now be "a:b:3333:d:e:f:g"
|
| # Change OFS after (conceptually) rebuilding the record
| OFS = "<>"
|
| # Unmodifed nawk prints "a<>b<>3333<>d<>e<>f<>g" because
| # it delays rebuilding $0 until it's needed, and then it uses
| # the current value of OFS. Oops.
| print
| }
|
|
