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Built-in functions are always available for your awk
program to call. This section defines all the built-in functions
in awk; some of these are mentioned in other sections
but are summarized here for your convenience.
| • Calling Built-in: | How to call built-in functions. | |
| • Numeric Functions: | Functions that work with numbers, including
int(), sin() and rand().
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| • String Functions: | Functions for string manipulation, such as
split(), match() and
sprintf().
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| • I/O Functions: | Functions for files and shell commands. | |
| • Time Functions: | Functions for dealing with timestamps. | |
| • Bitwise Functions: | Functions for bitwise operations. | |
| • Type Functions: | Functions for type information. | |
| • I18N Functions: | Functions for string translation. |