# this script shows multi-dimensional arrays as strings, and mention=creation BEGIN { for (i=1; i<=3; i++) for (j=1; j<=3; j++) a[i,j] for (i in a) print i, length(i) print "" SUBSEP=";" delete a for (i=1; i<=3; i++) for (j=1; j<=3; j++) a[i,j] for (i=1; i<=3; i++) a[i] for (i in a) print i, length(i) }