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9.1 Built-in Functions ¶

Built-in functions are always available for your awk program to call. This section defines all the built-in functions in awk; some of these are mentioned in other sections but are summarized here for your convenience.

• Calling Built-in Functions
• Generating Boolean Values
• Numeric Functions
• String-Manipulation Functions
• Input/Output Functions
• Time Functions
• Bit-Manipulation Functions
• Getting Type Information
• String-Translation Functions