Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 07:29:16 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Wayne Sierke <ws+freebsd-questions@au.dyndns.ws> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Size of variables in awk Message-ID: <20040303072916.GD96929@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <1078286126.666.11.camel@ovirt.dyndns.ws> References: <1078286126.666.11.camel@ovirt.dyndns.ws>
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On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 02:25:27PM +1030, Wayne Sierke wrote:
> It seems I've run into the 32-bit signed number wall in awk
> (5.2-RELEASE).
>=20
> My totals are maxing out at 2147483648.
>=20
> Would anyone happen to know whether that's really the case (that awk is
> only implemented with 32-bit number capability - unfortunately I don't
> have any other awks nearby to verify nor can I find any reference info
> that indicates) and/or can suggest a way around it?
Use perl instead? Perl should switch from an integer to a floating
point representation internally if it runs over MAXINT. You should be
able to use a2p(1) to automatically convert your awk code into perl.
Cheers,
Matthew
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