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Task/Babbage-problem/AWK/babbage-problem.awk

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+# A comment starts with a "#" and are ignored by the machine.  They can be on a
+# line by themselves or at the end of an executable line.
+#
+# A program consists of multiple lines or statements.  This program tests
+# positive integers starting at 1 and terminates when one is found whose square
+# ends in 269696.
+#
+# The next line shows how to run the program.
+# syntax: GAWK -f BABBAGE_PROBLEM.AWK
+#
+BEGIN { # start of program
+# this declares a variable named "n" and assigns it a value of zero
+    n = 0
+# do what's inside the "{}" until n times n ends in 269696
+    do {
+      n = n + 1 # add 1 to n
+    } while (n*n !~ /269696$/)
+# print the answer
+    print("The smallest number whose square ends in 269696 is " n)
+    print("Its square is " n*n)
+# terminate program
+    exit(0)
+} # end of program