Re: Less greedy pattern match

pk wrote:
> On Saturday 19 April 2008 18:53, Janis Papanagnou wrote:
> 
> 
>>>{for(i=m+1;i<=NF;i+=2){printf "%s",$i};
>>> if (NF) {m=(NF%2==m)?1:0}
>>> if (m==0) print""}
>>>
>>>Not elegant as the gawk solution, but at least it should be standard.
>>>
>>
>>Does removing some more characters make it a bit more elegant...?
>>
>>   {for(i=m+1;i<=NF;i+=2) printf "%s",$i}
>>   NF {m=(NF%2==m)}
>>   !m {print""}
> 
> 
> Well yes...would that improve performance somewhat too?

Haven't checked. Would be interesting to know, though; because
generally I prefer  cond{action}  instead of  {if(cond)action}
constructs when using awk (though primarily not for efficiency
reasons).

Janis