Re: [OT] Re: OT: Gawk match() and numbers in scientific notation

Hermann Peifer escreveu:
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> Thanks again. I am however really surprised that no serious programmer 
> has ever invented a much better tool to do the same thing (and more, and

> faster). So much time has been invested in all these locale definitions 
> and nobody is interested in (providing) a tool that could easily show 
> what character ranges and classes exactly mean in a given locale?
> 
Hermann,

I'm affraid this wasn't seen as necessary as the script would a sort of 
analysis of the pasta by dissolving in vinegar to separate the egg from 
flour instead of reading the package's label.

Those sequences are specified, aren't they?