{ for (i = 1; i <= NF; i++) { switch ($i) { case "+" : case "-" : case "*" : case "/" : case "%" : case "^" : printf $i; break case /[a-z]/ : printf $i; break case /[0-9]/ : printf $i; break case /[ \t]/ : printf $i; break default : print " wrong character " i " th: " $i } } print "" }