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  • Using math functions in Awk

    From Janis Papanagnou@21:1/5 to All on Sat Sep 4 16:05:12 2021
    I want to use math functions in Awk that are not available by default.
    What are the typical (or best) methods to do so. Is there an Awk math
    library (awk source code), ideally a standard or a de facto standard?
    Should such functions be better accessed from the shell environment
    (using standard Unix tools for example)? Any opinions or suggestions? Specifically I'm looking for the Poisson function.

    Janis

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  • From Kenny McCormack@21:1/5 to janis_papanagnou@hotmail.com on Sat Sep 4 14:28:52 2021
    In article <sgvueo$s73$1@gioia.aioe.org>,
    Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou@hotmail.com> wrote:
    I want to use math functions in Awk that are not available by default.
    What are the typical (or best) methods to do so. Is there an Awk math
    library (awk source code), ideally a standard or a de facto standard?
    Should such functions be better accessed from the shell environment
    (using standard Unix tools for example)? Any opinions or suggestions? >Specifically I'm looking for the Poisson function.

    I don't know what you mean by "Poisson function". It doesn't seem to show
    up in this list:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_things_named_after_Siméon_Denis_Poisson

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    The plural of "anecdote" is _not_ "data".

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