Xref: utzoo comp.unix.questions:18852 comp.unix.wizards:20052
Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!mcnc!rti!sunpix!matthew
From: matthew@sunpix.UUCP ( Sun Visualization Products)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Access to UNIX-Related Publications
Message-ID: <1050@friar-taac.UUCP>
Date: 7 Jan 90 18:39:55 GMT
References: <487@longway.TIC.COM> <166@omaha1.UUCP>
Reply-To: matthew@friar-taac.UUCP (Matthew Stier - Sun Visualization Products)
Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
Lines: 24

In article <166@omaha1.UUCP> wcc@omaha1.UUCP (William C Carey) writes:
>
>Any of the luminaries out there know how to get 'awk' (not nawk) to ouput a
>single-quote character ( ascii 0x27 ).  I can't get the 'print' or
>


Here's an example that should get you in the right direction:

awk 'BEGIN { 
	SQ = sprintf("%c", 39);
	DQ = sprintf("%c", 34);
}
{
	printf("%cHow is this?%c\n", DQ, DQ);
	printf("%cAnd this?%c\n", SQ, SQ);
}


-- 
Matthew Lee Stier                            |
Sun Microsystems ---  RTP, NC  27709-3447    |     "Wisconsin   Escapee"
uucp:  sun!mstier or mcnc!rti!sunpix!matthew |
phone: (919) 469-8300 fax: (919) 460-8355    |