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All I did was to create a format-string w/ two parameters, one for
string data, one for numeric data, and assembled the "string" out of
the name chunks on the fly....
Btw, I didn't have a comma after %-25s ;}
Code:
{printf "%-25s %08d\n",$2", "$3" "$4, $1}
The second red chunk is ONE string, not three, using awk concatenation.
In detail:
Code:
$2", "$3" "$4
So everything that isn't red is just part of the string which glues
the awk fields together.
All I did was to create a format-string w/ two parameters, one for
string data, one for numeric data, and assembled the "string" out of
the name chunks on the fly....
Btw, I didn't have a comma after %-25s ;}
Code:
{printf "%-25s %08d\n",$2", "$3" "$4, $1}
The second red chunk is ONE string, not three, using awk concatenation.
In detail:
Code:
$2", "$3" "$4
So everything that isn't red is just part of the string which glues
the awk fields together.
the guy took away points from last assignment for excluding question numbers from the problems on the paper that i submitted. it had all the questions and answers and all were 100% correct. way too picky.
Sigh ...
A good course should encourage learning the tool, not just canned qns/answers, otherwise you can only copy/paste, not actually deal with the real world .
Never mind, just keep the good stuff in your back pocket for afterwards
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