Regex in IF condition in awk





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I have awk script file as below. I need to add another condition in the if statement to check if the string contains atleast one alphabet. How can I add the extra condition to the present if statement?



Required regex condition: [[ "$1" =~ [A-Za-z] ]]



BEGIN { FS = ";"; counter=0}

{
if ((length($1) != 10 && length($1) != 12))
{
counter++
print counter, $1;
if ($counter -gt 2){
print "Invalid input file";
exit;
}
}
}


I am getting error if I use the same condition which I have posted. How to add the condition?










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    See the examples here: gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/gawk.html#Regexp-Usage

    – steeldriver
    12 hours ago











  • How do you add it? You are showing us a bash-style if statement. The regex is fine, but the regex is just [A-Za-z]. What are you adding to your awk?

    – terdon
    12 hours ago


















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I have awk script file as below. I need to add another condition in the if statement to check if the string contains atleast one alphabet. How can I add the extra condition to the present if statement?



Required regex condition: [[ "$1" =~ [A-Za-z] ]]



BEGIN { FS = ";"; counter=0}

{
if ((length($1) != 10 && length($1) != 12))
{
counter++
print counter, $1;
if ($counter -gt 2){
print "Invalid input file";
exit;
}
}
}


I am getting error if I use the same condition which I have posted. How to add the condition?










share|improve this question




















  • 1





    See the examples here: gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/gawk.html#Regexp-Usage

    – steeldriver
    12 hours ago











  • How do you add it? You are showing us a bash-style if statement. The regex is fine, but the regex is just [A-Za-z]. What are you adding to your awk?

    – terdon
    12 hours ago














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I have awk script file as below. I need to add another condition in the if statement to check if the string contains atleast one alphabet. How can I add the extra condition to the present if statement?



Required regex condition: [[ "$1" =~ [A-Za-z] ]]



BEGIN { FS = ";"; counter=0}

{
if ((length($1) != 10 && length($1) != 12))
{
counter++
print counter, $1;
if ($counter -gt 2){
print "Invalid input file";
exit;
}
}
}


I am getting error if I use the same condition which I have posted. How to add the condition?










share|improve this question
















I have awk script file as below. I need to add another condition in the if statement to check if the string contains atleast one alphabet. How can I add the extra condition to the present if statement?



Required regex condition: [[ "$1" =~ [A-Za-z] ]]



BEGIN { FS = ";"; counter=0}

{
if ((length($1) != 10 && length($1) != 12))
{
counter++
print counter, $1;
if ($counter -gt 2){
print "Invalid input file";
exit;
}
}
}


I am getting error if I use the same condition which I have posted. How to add the condition?







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    See the examples here: gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/gawk.html#Regexp-Usage

    – steeldriver
    12 hours ago











  • How do you add it? You are showing us a bash-style if statement. The regex is fine, but the regex is just [A-Za-z]. What are you adding to your awk?

    – terdon
    12 hours ago














  • 1





    See the examples here: gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/gawk.html#Regexp-Usage

    – steeldriver
    12 hours ago











  • How do you add it? You are showing us a bash-style if statement. The regex is fine, but the regex is just [A-Za-z]. What are you adding to your awk?

    – terdon
    12 hours ago








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See the examples here: gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/gawk.html#Regexp-Usage

– steeldriver
12 hours ago





See the examples here: gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/gawk.html#Regexp-Usage

– steeldriver
12 hours ago













How do you add it? You are showing us a bash-style if statement. The regex is fine, but the regex is just [A-Za-z]. What are you adding to your awk?

– terdon
12 hours ago





How do you add it? You are showing us a bash-style if statement. The regex is fine, but the regex is just [A-Za-z]. What are you adding to your awk?

– terdon
12 hours ago










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You don't actually show how you add the regex, so I am guessing you are using the same format: =~ [A-Za-z]. That won't work. Each language has its own syntax for regex matching. In awk, the format is $target ~ /$regex/, so $1 ~ /[A-Za-z]/.



BEGIN { FS = ";"; counter=0}

{
if (length($1) != 10 && length($1) != 12 && $1 ~ /[A-Za-z]/)
{
counter++
print counter, $1;
if (counter > 2){
print "Invalid input file";
exit;
}
}
}


Also, in awk, the $ sign is used to mark fields, not variables. So $counter will be evaluated to the field number of counter. If counter is 2, then $counter will be the value of the second field. And the -gt is also not an awk thing. Just use >.






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  • Yes. I was using =~ format.

    – Laxman
    12 hours ago











  • Why couldnt you move the condition to be the pattern? length($1) != 10 && ... && $1 ~ /[A-Za-z]/ { counter++ ... } seems more « awkish » to me, avoiding some seriously nested braces

    – D. Ben Knoble
    7 hours ago






  • 1





    @D.BenKnoble why indeed! I just copy/pasted the OP's code and added the regex. I just didn't realize it was that nested. Thanks!

    – terdon
    7 hours ago












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You don't actually show how you add the regex, so I am guessing you are using the same format: =~ [A-Za-z]. That won't work. Each language has its own syntax for regex matching. In awk, the format is $target ~ /$regex/, so $1 ~ /[A-Za-z]/.



BEGIN { FS = ";"; counter=0}

{
if (length($1) != 10 && length($1) != 12 && $1 ~ /[A-Za-z]/)
{
counter++
print counter, $1;
if (counter > 2){
print "Invalid input file";
exit;
}
}
}


Also, in awk, the $ sign is used to mark fields, not variables. So $counter will be evaluated to the field number of counter. If counter is 2, then $counter will be the value of the second field. And the -gt is also not an awk thing. Just use >.






share|improve this answer


























  • Yes. I was using =~ format.

    – Laxman
    12 hours ago











  • Why couldnt you move the condition to be the pattern? length($1) != 10 && ... && $1 ~ /[A-Za-z]/ { counter++ ... } seems more « awkish » to me, avoiding some seriously nested braces

    – D. Ben Knoble
    7 hours ago






  • 1





    @D.BenKnoble why indeed! I just copy/pasted the OP's code and added the regex. I just didn't realize it was that nested. Thanks!

    – terdon
    7 hours ago
















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You don't actually show how you add the regex, so I am guessing you are using the same format: =~ [A-Za-z]. That won't work. Each language has its own syntax for regex matching. In awk, the format is $target ~ /$regex/, so $1 ~ /[A-Za-z]/.



BEGIN { FS = ";"; counter=0}

{
if (length($1) != 10 && length($1) != 12 && $1 ~ /[A-Za-z]/)
{
counter++
print counter, $1;
if (counter > 2){
print "Invalid input file";
exit;
}
}
}


Also, in awk, the $ sign is used to mark fields, not variables. So $counter will be evaluated to the field number of counter. If counter is 2, then $counter will be the value of the second field. And the -gt is also not an awk thing. Just use >.






share|improve this answer


























  • Yes. I was using =~ format.

    – Laxman
    12 hours ago











  • Why couldnt you move the condition to be the pattern? length($1) != 10 && ... && $1 ~ /[A-Za-z]/ { counter++ ... } seems more « awkish » to me, avoiding some seriously nested braces

    – D. Ben Knoble
    7 hours ago






  • 1





    @D.BenKnoble why indeed! I just copy/pasted the OP's code and added the regex. I just didn't realize it was that nested. Thanks!

    – terdon
    7 hours ago














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You don't actually show how you add the regex, so I am guessing you are using the same format: =~ [A-Za-z]. That won't work. Each language has its own syntax for regex matching. In awk, the format is $target ~ /$regex/, so $1 ~ /[A-Za-z]/.



BEGIN { FS = ";"; counter=0}

{
if (length($1) != 10 && length($1) != 12 && $1 ~ /[A-Za-z]/)
{
counter++
print counter, $1;
if (counter > 2){
print "Invalid input file";
exit;
}
}
}


Also, in awk, the $ sign is used to mark fields, not variables. So $counter will be evaluated to the field number of counter. If counter is 2, then $counter will be the value of the second field. And the -gt is also not an awk thing. Just use >.






share|improve this answer















You don't actually show how you add the regex, so I am guessing you are using the same format: =~ [A-Za-z]. That won't work. Each language has its own syntax for regex matching. In awk, the format is $target ~ /$regex/, so $1 ~ /[A-Za-z]/.



BEGIN { FS = ";"; counter=0}

{
if (length($1) != 10 && length($1) != 12 && $1 ~ /[A-Za-z]/)
{
counter++
print counter, $1;
if (counter > 2){
print "Invalid input file";
exit;
}
}
}


Also, in awk, the $ sign is used to mark fields, not variables. So $counter will be evaluated to the field number of counter. If counter is 2, then $counter will be the value of the second field. And the -gt is also not an awk thing. Just use >.







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  • Yes. I was using =~ format.

    – Laxman
    12 hours ago











  • Why couldnt you move the condition to be the pattern? length($1) != 10 && ... && $1 ~ /[A-Za-z]/ { counter++ ... } seems more « awkish » to me, avoiding some seriously nested braces

    – D. Ben Knoble
    7 hours ago






  • 1





    @D.BenKnoble why indeed! I just copy/pasted the OP's code and added the regex. I just didn't realize it was that nested. Thanks!

    – terdon
    7 hours ago



















  • Yes. I was using =~ format.

    – Laxman
    12 hours ago











  • Why couldnt you move the condition to be the pattern? length($1) != 10 && ... && $1 ~ /[A-Za-z]/ { counter++ ... } seems more « awkish » to me, avoiding some seriously nested braces

    – D. Ben Knoble
    7 hours ago






  • 1





    @D.BenKnoble why indeed! I just copy/pasted the OP's code and added the regex. I just didn't realize it was that nested. Thanks!

    – terdon
    7 hours ago

















Yes. I was using =~ format.

– Laxman
12 hours ago





Yes. I was using =~ format.

– Laxman
12 hours ago













Why couldnt you move the condition to be the pattern? length($1) != 10 && ... && $1 ~ /[A-Za-z]/ { counter++ ... } seems more « awkish » to me, avoiding some seriously nested braces

– D. Ben Knoble
7 hours ago





Why couldnt you move the condition to be the pattern? length($1) != 10 && ... && $1 ~ /[A-Za-z]/ { counter++ ... } seems more « awkish » to me, avoiding some seriously nested braces

– D. Ben Knoble
7 hours ago




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1





@D.BenKnoble why indeed! I just copy/pasted the OP's code and added the regex. I just didn't realize it was that nested. Thanks!

– terdon
7 hours ago





@D.BenKnoble why indeed! I just copy/pasted the OP's code and added the regex. I just didn't realize it was that nested. Thanks!

– terdon
7 hours ago


















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