AWK array initialization

Question

Is it possible to initializate an array in AWK with the common list syntax?

array = [val1, val2, val3]

Or is it obligatory to use the index-value syntax?

array[0] = val1
array[1] = val2
array[2] = val3

Possible duplicate of How to initialize an array of arrays in awk? — mpromonet
– mpromonet, Commented Sep 4, 2016 at 15:15

Ed Morton · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-04 15:28:58Z

7

No and no. This is how you do it:

$ awk 'BEGIN{split("val1 val2 val3",array); for (i in array) print i, array[i]}'
1 val1
2 val2
3 val3

Read the book Effective Awk Programing, 4th Edition, by Arnold Robbins as if you don't know this then there's a lot of other awk basics you're missing too.

answered Sep 4, 2016 at 15:28

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