Fix issue #147. Update FIXES and main.c version.

3 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/FIXES b/FIXES
index 5d2b459..e84bd44 100644
--- a/FIXES
+++ b/FIXES
@@ -25,13 +25,19 @@ THIS SOFTWARE.
 This file lists all bug fixes, changes, etc., made since the 
 second edition of the AWK book was published in September 2023.
 
-Nov 20, 2023
+Nov 23, 2023:
+	Fix Issue #169, related to escape sequences in strings.
+	Thanks to Github user rajeevvp.
+	Fix Issue #147, reported by Github user drawkula, and fixed
+	by Miguel Pineiro Jr.
+
+Nov 20, 2023:
 	rewrite of fnematch to fix a number of issues, including
 	extraneous output, out-of-bounds access, number of bytes
 	to push back after a failed match etc.
 	thanks to Miguel Pineiro Jr.
 
-Nov 15, 2023
+Nov 15, 2023:
 	Man page edit, regression test fixes. thanks to Arnold Robbins
 	consolidation of sub and gsub into dosub, removing duplicate
 	code. thanks to Miguel Pineiro Jr.
@@ -44,7 +50,6 @@ Oct 30, 2023:
 	systems. also fixed an out-of-bounds read for empty CCL.
 	fixed a buffer overflow in substr with utf-8 strings.
 	many thanks to Todd C Miller.
-	
 
 Sep 24, 2023:
 	fnematch and getrune have been overhauled to solve issues around
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 4f2d78a..a5f49c6 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF
 THIS SOFTWARE.
 ****************************************************************/
 
-const char	*version = "version 20231120";
+const char	*version = "version 20231123";
 
 #define DEBUG
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/run.c b/run.c
index e78cae9..7462c38 100644
--- a/run.c
+++ b/run.c
@@ -1540,8 +1540,9 @@ Cell *assign(Node **a, int n)	/* a[0] = a[1], a[0] += a[1], etc. */
 		if (x == y && !(x->tval & (FLD|REC)) && x != nfloc)
 			;	/* self-assignment: leave alone unless it's a field or NF */
 		else if ((y->tval & (STR|NUM)) == (STR|NUM)) {
+			yf = getfval(y);
 			setsval(x, getsval(y));
-			x->fval = getfval(y);
+			x->fval = yf;
 			x->tval |= NUM;
 		}
 		else if (isstr(y))