Awk Programming Interview Question:

The command "awk '{if ("9″>"10″) print "google" else print "linux"}'"
a) will print "google"
b) will print "linux"
c) will generate syntax error
d) none of the mentioned

Submitted by: Murtaza

c) will generate syntax error
Explanation:
Semicolon is required just before the else statement to parse the statement.
Output:
root@ubuntu:/home/google# awk '{if ("9″>"10″) print "google" else print "linux"}'
awk: {if ("9″>"10″) print "google" else print "linux"}
awk: ^ syntax error
root@ubuntu:/home/google#
Submitted by: Murtaza