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AWK built-in functions

Explore AWK's built-in functions to understand how to perform mathematical operations, manipulate strings, execute system commands, and manage data effectively in text processing using AWK.

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AWK has the mathematical functions like exp, log, sqrt, sin, cos, atan2, etc. built-in, other built-in functions are:

  • length the length of its argument taken as a string, or of$0 if no argument.
  • rand random number between 0 and 1
  • srand sets seed for rand and returns the previous seed.
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