gawk: General Functions

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1 10.2 General Programming
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1 This minor node presents a number of functions that are of general
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· Strtonum Function           A replacement for the built-in
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· Assert Function             A function for assertions in 'awk'
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· Round Function              A function for rounding if 'sprintf()'
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· Cliff Random Function       The Cliff Random Number Generator.
· Ordinal Functions           Functions for using characters as numbers and
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· 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.
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