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Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 18:27:13 -0800
From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
Subject: Re: part of an associativz array
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On Mar 31, 10:35pm, Marc Chantreux wrote:
}
} something like : 
} 
} $user[login,uid]
} 
} any idea ?

    ${(v)user[(I)(login|uid)]}

However, you get them in the indeterminate order in which they appear
in the hash, rather than in the order given in the pattern.  To get
them in predictable order, you need something a lot uglier, like

    ${(e):-\$user\[{login,uid}\]}