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# From lole@epost.de Wed Sep  4 09:54:19 IDT 2002
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# From: LorenzAtWork <familie.lenhardt@epost.de>
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# Subject: bug in gawk 3.1.1?
# Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 10:34:50 +0200
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# 
# hello all,
# 
# I'm using the following script
# 
BEGIN {
	RS="ti1\n(dwv,)?"
	s = 0
	i = 0
}
{
	if ($1 != "")
		s = $1
	print ++i, s
}
# 
# to extract values from a file of the form
# 
# ti1
# dwv,98.22
# ti1
# dwv,103.08
# ti1
# ti1
# dwv,196.25
# ti1
# dwv,210.62
# ti1
# dwv,223.53
# 
# The desired result for this example looks like
# 
# 1 0
# 2 98.22
# 3 103.08
# 4 103.08
# 5 196.25
# 6 210.62
# 7 223.53
# 
# The script work fine the most time, but when run on the attached file
# (sorry for the size, but the error would not appear with less data) I
# get some (three with the attached file) lines that look like
# 
# 1262 dwv,212.97
# 1277 dwv,174.33
# 1279 dwv,151.79
# 
# I can't think of a other reason for this than a bug in gawk!
# 
# I'm running gawk 3.1.1 on winnt 4.0
# 
# best regards
#      Lorenz
# 
#