99 Bottles of Beer

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#!/usr/bin/awk -f
#   awk version of 99 bottles of beer
#   by Whitey (whitey@netcom.com) - 06/05/95

BEGIN { 
   for(i = 99; i > 0; i--) {
      print s = bottle(i), "on the wall,", s ","
      print "take one down, pass it around,"
      print bottle(i - 1), "on the wall."
   }
}

function bottle(n) {
   return sprintf("%s bottle%s of beer", n ? n : "no more", n - 1 ? "s" : "")
}

Alternative Versions

Version	Author	Date	Comments	Rate
bottled version	Wilhelm Weske	11/16/08	0
2	Arnold Robbins	01/25/08	0
correct text	OsamuAoki	11/03/07	2

Comments

 Vincent Schmid said on 07/19/05 09:51:54

A bit too short : Where is the last part of the song ?
Go to the store and buy some more...

 hardus said on 07/19/05 10:03:15

Best one I'v seen

 ananomous said on 12/01/06 21:15:35

language sucks.








not really..............................just does'nt make sense

 donk0yote said on 12/28/06 15:36:00

GREAT!!! just another fine example of the simplicity and power of AWK.

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