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@@ -38346,7 +38346,7 @@ switches to the next input source. When there are no more input sources, the macro terminates. .RE -.coNP Variable @ rec +.coNP Variables @ rec and @ orec .desc The awk variable .code rec @@ -38368,6 +38368,33 @@ and these fields are assigned to the field list At the same time, the .code nf variable is updated to reflect the new number of fields. +Likewise, modification of these variables causes +.code rec +to be reconstructed by a catenation of the textual representation +of the fields in +.code f +separated by copies of the output field separator +.codn ofs . + +The +.code orec +variable ("original record") also holds the current record. It is automatically +updated prior to the processing of the condition-clauses at the same time as +.code rec +with the same contents. Like +.codn rec , +it is initially +.code nil +before the first record is read. The +.code orec +variable is unaffected by modification of +the variables +.codn rec , +.code f +and +.codn nf . +It may be assigned. Doing so has no effect on any other +variable. .coNP Variable @ f .desc |