rexexp in RS

Is having regexs in RS supposed to be supported, or is is just a mawk/gawk
extension?

If its the latter, then it's a shame since it's one of the most useful
things ever.

-Ed

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E. Rosten wrote:

> Is having regexs in RS supposed to be supported, or is is just a mawk/gawk
> extension?
>
> If its the latter, then it's a shame since it's one of the most useful
> things ever.
>
> -Ed
>

It's a gawk extension, see:

> The use of RS as a regular expression and the RT variable are gawk extensions; the
y are not available in compatibility mode (see Options). In compatibility mode, only
 the first character of the value of RS is used to determine the end of the record.[
/color]

from
http://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/ma...-separators-366

Ed.