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The [[awk]] extraction and reporting language is not [[imperative]]. However, [[action]]s within the awk [[rule]]s may contain *statements* which can be executed sequentially to provide a set of [instruction]s for the computer to follow. == Each line is a separate statement in awk == In [[awk]], a newline character is considered the end of the statement, unless a continuation character has been used at the end of the line. Each line within an awk program is a separate statement or separate rule, and the end of the line is treated as the end of the statement or rule: == The semicolon symbol can be used to separate multiple statements used on a single line === The [[semicolon]] symbol can be used to separate statements within a program, allowing multiple statements to be used on a single line. A [[semicolon]] after the last statement within a rule is optional and can be omitted: == Statements can be split across several lines by using a continuation character == The [[awk]] programming language allows a statement is to be split across several lines, by using a backslash [[continuation character]] at the end of the line to be continued: {{{ BEGIN { # The backslash symbol can be used to spread a statement across several lines print \ "Hello World!" exit } }}} == Continuation characters can appear anywhere within a statement == In [[awk]], a [[continuation character]] can appear anywhere within the statement, including the middle of a [[string]] or [[regular expression]]: {{{ # Here the regular expression foobar has been split using a continuation character /foo\ bar/ { print $1 } }}}

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