split(): syntax error near unexpected token `(' ...
Why wouldn't bash's split() work in such an easy case?
~
lbrtchx
~
#!/bin/bash
_az="a b c a 2 3"
echo "// __ \$_az: \"$_az\""
n = split($_az,array," ")
echo "// __ \$_n: |$_n|"
~ ~ ~ ~ error message ~ ~ ~ ~
$ which awk
/usr/bin/awk
$ awk --version
GNU Awk 3.1.7
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