# syntax: GAWK -f REPEAT.AWK BEGIN { for (i=0; i<=3; i++) { f = (i % 2 == 0) ? "even" : "odd" @f(i) # indirect function call } exit(0) } function even(n, i) { for (i=1; i<=n; i++) { printf("inside even %d\n",n) } } function odd(n, i) { for (i=1; i<=n; i++) { printf("inside odd %d\n",n) } }