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  1. BEGIN {
  2.     CONVFMT = "%2.2f"
  3.     a = 123.456
  4.     b = a ""                # give `a' string value also
  5.     printf "a = %s\n", a
  6.     CONVFMT = "%.6g"
  7.     printf "a = %s\n", a
  8.     a += 0                  # make `a' numeric only again
  9.     printf "a = %s\n", a    # use `a' as string
  10. }
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