BEGIN { a = "this is a test of gawk"

	b = gensub(/(this).*(test).*(gawk)/, "3 = <\\3>, 2 = <\\2>, 1 = <\\1>", 1, a)

	print b

}

NR == 1 { print gensub(/b/, "BB", 2) }

NR == 2 { print gensub(/c/, "CC", "global") }

END { print gensub(/foo/, "bar", 1, "DON'T PANIC") }