Redesign message format

[khatus.git] / src / awk / lib / util.awk

diff --git a/src/awk/lib/util.awk b/src/awk/lib/util.awk
deleted file mode 100755 (executable)
index b7a92e6..0000000
--- a/src/awk/lib/util.awk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-function util_strip(s) {
-    sub("^ *", "", s)
-    sub(" *$", "", s)
-    return s
-}
-
-function util_round(n) {
-    return int(n + 0.5)
-}
-
-function util_ensure_numeric(n) {
-    return n + 0
-}
-
-#------------------------------------
-# Why do we need util_ensure_numeric?
-#------------------------------------
-# awk appears to be guessing the type of an inputted scalar based on usage, so
-# if we read-in a number, but did not use it in any numeric operations, but did
-# use as a string (even in just a format string!) - it will be treated as a
-# string and can lead to REALLY SURPRISING behavior in conditional statements,
-# where smaller number may compare as greater than the bigger ones, such as.
-#
-# Demo:
-#
-# $ awk 'BEGIN {x = "75"; y = "100"; sprintf("x: %d, y: %d\n", x, y); if (x > y) {print "75 > 100"} else if (x < y) {print "75 < 100"}}'
-# 75 < 100
-# $ awk 'BEGIN {x = "75"; y = "100"; sprintf("x: %s, y: %d\n", x, y); if (x > y) {print "75 > 100"} else if (x < y) {print "75 < 100"}}'
-# 75 > 100
-
-# However, once used as a number, seems to stay that way even after being
-# used as string:
-#
-# $ awk 'BEGIN {x = "75"; y = "100"; x + y; sprintf("x: %s, y: %d\n", x, y); if (x > y) {print "75 > 100"} else if (x < y) {print "75 < 100"}}'
-# 75 < 100
-# 
-# $ awk 'BEGIN {x = "75"; y = "100"; x + y; sprintf("x: %s, y: %d\n", x, y); z = x y; if (x > y) {print "75 > 100"} else if (x < y) {print "75 < 100"}}'
-# 75 < 100
-# 
-# $ awk 'BEGIN {x = "75"; y = "100"; x + y; z = x y; if (x > y) {print "75 > 100"} else if (x < y) {print "75 < 100"}}'
-# 75 < 100
-# $ awk 'BEGIN {x = "75"; y = "100"; z = x y; if (x > y) {print "75 > 100"} else if (x < y) {print "75 < 100"}}'
-# 75 > 100