Re: [NTG-context] data manipulation (was sarith)

On Monday 08 March 2010 15:35:14 luigi scarso wrote:

On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 3:28 PM, Alan BRASLAU wrote:

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(Currently I externally use "awk" via \immediate\write18 to manipulate data.)

In mkiv you should be able to manipulate your data with lua & lpeg. You gain in portability -- no need of an external awk

Yes, another language to learn... (after all, I *like* awk) Can you indicate a good starting point? (perhaps this message should be filed under the thread on documentation...) Alan