On Fri, 10 May 2002 16:14:34 -0800
civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >On Fri, 10 May 2002, Jean-Yves Le Metayer wrote:
> >
> >>Here below is described a bug of this version :
> >>
> >>sample ASCII file (sample.txt)
> >>------------------------------
> >>ab AB
> >>AB ab
> >>cd CD
> >>CD cd
> >>
> >[snip]
> >
> >>simple awk file (simple.awk)
> >>----------------------------
> >>{ line++ }
> >>! /^[A-Z]+/ { print line " -> " $0 }
> >>
> >
> >>command
> >>-------
> >>
> >>>cat sample.txt | awk -f simple.awk
> >>>
> >>result
> >>------
> >>1 -> ab AB
> >>
> >>Strange result, isn't it?
> >>The expected result is :
> >>1 -> ab AB
> >>3 -> cd CD
> >>
> >>BUG! At first, I don't believe it. The awk in Mandrake 8.1 cannot be
> >>used.
> >>Is it the same behavior in Mandrake 8.2?
> >>
> >
> >Hmmm.. odd error. I wonder if it's picking up the front anchor as a
> >negation. Your syntax *looks* correct for, but I suspect that awk
> >is interpreting either the bang or the circumflex differently that
> >expected. Try:
> >
> >{ line++ }
> >/^[^[:upper:]]+/ { print line " -> " $0 }
> >
> >What are you specifically trying to match (in English)?
> >There may be an advantage (as far as execution is concerned) to look
> >for the negation since the check would stop on the first non-match,
> >but it may be a moot point.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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> Not strange at all...
>
> in a terminal window, run locale
>
> Check the value of LC_COLLATE
>
> If it is en_US this is quite normal, the collating sequence is AaBbCc,
> etc.
>
> If you want the result you seek, make your program use upper as
> suggested or set your LC_COLLATE to POSIX.
>
>
> No, it is not a bug, it is a standard expanded feature that keeps
> programmers on their toes to write platform independent stuff.
>
> Civileme
Civilme,
Where I don't doubt you one bit I did check both my RH7.1 box and my
Mandrake 8.2 box both returned en_US when I did local. On both I'm on
alt-f1 when I run the test and on 8.2 I got the same as he did with 8.1.
On RH7.1 I got the expected result. Not saying it's a bug just adding
info to the pool.
James
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