# join.awk --- join an array into a string | |
# | |
# Arnold Robbins, [email protected], Public Domain | |
# May 1993 | |
function join(array, start, end, sep, result, i) | |
{ | |
if (sep == "") | |
sep = " " | |
else if (sep == SUBSEP) # magic value | |
sep = "" | |
result = array[start] | |
for (i = start + 1; i <= end; i++) | |
result = result sep array[i] | |
return result | |
} | |