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This section presents a number of functions that are of general programming use.
| • Strtonum Function: | A replacement for the built-in
strtonum() function.
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| • Assert Function: | A function for assertions in awk
programs.
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| • Round Function: | A function for rounding if sprintf()
does not do it correctly.
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| • Cliff Random Function: | The Cliff Random Number Generator. | |
| • Ordinal Functions: | Functions for using characters as numbers and vice versa. | |
| • Join Function: | A function to join an array into a string. | |
| • Getlocaltime Function: | A function to get formatted times. | |
| • Readfile Function: | A function to read an entire file at once. | |
| • Shell Quoting: | A function to quote strings for the shell. |