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Task/Variables/AWK/variables-1.awk

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+a = 1               # Here we declare a numeric variable
+fruit = "banana"    # Here we declare a string datatype

Task/Variables/AWK/variables-2.awk

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+x = y = z = 3

Task/Variables/AWK/variables-3.awk

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+function foo(j  k) {
+  # j is an argument passed from caller
+  # k is a dummy not passed by caller, but because it is in the
+  # argument list, it will have a scope local to the function
+  k = length(j)
+  print j "contains " k " characters"
+}