Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 02:04:00 -0600 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Wayne Sierke <ws+freebsd-questions@au.dyndns.ws> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Size of variables in awk Message-ID: <20040303080359.GB79860@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <1078286126.666.11.camel@ovirt.dyndns.ws> References: <1078286126.666.11.camel@ovirt.dyndns.ws>
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In the last episode (Mar 03), Wayne Sierke said:
> It seems I've run into the 32-bit signed number wall in awk
> (5.2-RELEASE).
>
> My totals are maxing out at 2147483648.
>
> 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?
Seems to works fine on -current:
$ jot 8 30 | awk '{ print 2^$1 }'
1073741824
2147483648
4294967296
8589934592
17179869184
34359738368
68719476736
137438953472
--
Dan Nelson
dnelson@allantgroup.com
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