Public bug reported:
$ echo ä | mawk '{print length($0)}'
outputs 2. I expect 1.
$ echo äo | mawk '{print match($0,"o")}'
outputs 3. I expect 2.
Probably this is due to the internal representation of UTF-8 characters;
mawk counts bytes instead of characters.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: mawk 1.3.3-17ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-53.89-lowlatency 3.13.11-ckt19
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-53-lowlatency x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Sun Jun 7 15:52:26 2015
Dependencies:
gcc-4.9-base 4.9.1-0ubuntu1
libc6 2.19-0ubuntu6.6
libgcc1 1:4.9.1-0ubuntu1
multiarch-support 2.19-0ubuntu6.6
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-09-21 (259 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Studio 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64
(20140722.1)
SourcePackage: mawk
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: mawk (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty
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