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From: DervishD <raul@pleyades.net>
To: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
Cc: Zsh Users <zsh-users@sunsite.dk>
Subject: Re: Can this be done with an array parameter?
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 18:27:47 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040219172747.GC2941@DervishD> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1040219171644.ZM14255@candle.brasslantern.com>

    Hi Bart :)

 * Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com> dixit:
> } Zsh is reading my mind or so. Can anybody explain?
> I note that PWS didn't bother to explain. :-)

    Well, he gave me the solution for the assignment without a loop ;)
 
> Unless the SH_WORD_SPLIT option is set, variable references like $info
> and $line aren't exactly quoted, but they aren't split up at spaces
> either.  $info is an array, so it acts (almost) like "${info[@]}", but
> $line is a scalar, so it acts (almost) like "$line".

    Oh, yes, I forgot about that. I simply assumed that, since array
values are space separated by default, the contents of the variables
were too. I didn't remember about word splitting O:)

    Thanks a lot for the explanation, Bart ;)

    Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado

-- 
Linux Registered User 88736
http://www.pleyades.net & http://raul.pleyades.net/


      reply	other threads:[~2004-02-19 17:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-02-19 16:46 DervishD
2004-02-19 17:00 ` Peter Stephenson
2004-02-19 17:14   ` DervishD
2004-02-19 17:24     ` Peter Stephenson
2004-02-19 17:41       ` DervishD
2004-02-19 17:16 ` Bart Schaefer
2004-02-19 17:27   ` DervishD [this message]

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