[plug] awk question

[dennison]

In awk, how can I assign the output of a system() function to a variable? For example:

awk `{
    myString=""
    myString=system("echo hello world")
}`


In the above example, I want the output of "echo hello world" to be assigned to 
myString, which is an awk variable, but awk does not allow this:

    myString=system("echo hello world")

Is there a way to do it, and how? If not, any suggestions?


Thanks,
dennison


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