From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 21749 invoked from network); 5 Dec 2002 13:43:25 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 5 Dec 2002 13:43:25 -0000 Received: (qmail 19722 invoked by alias); 5 Dec 2002 13:43:10 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 5561 Received: (qmail 19702 invoked from network); 5 Dec 2002 13:43:09 -0000 To: zsh-users@sunsite.dk Subject: Re: case matching to element in array? In-reply-to: "Phil Pennock"'s message of "Thu, 05 Dec 2002 14:31:33 +0100." <20021205143133.A29978@globnix.org> Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2002 13:42:39 +0000 Message-ID: <13856.1039095759@csr.com> From: Peter Stephenson Phil Pennock wrote: > What am I missing in the following example? > > (${(j:|:)fred_list}) Change this to (${~${(j:|:)fred_list}}) to activate the `|'s. The extra level of substitution seems to be necessary to avoid the `|' in the (j:|:) having an effect too soon. -- Peter Stephenson Software Engineer CSR Ltd., Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WH, UK Tel: +44 (0)1223 692070 ********************************************************************** The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. **********************************************************************