From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 1065 invoked from network); 27 Aug 2004 15:52:20 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 27 Aug 2004 15:52:20 -0000 Received: (qmail 2648 invoked from network); 27 Aug 2004 15:52:12 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 27 Aug 2004 15:52:12 -0000 Received: (qmail 2440 invoked by alias); 27 Aug 2004 15:51:27 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 7938 Received: (qmail 2430 invoked from network); 27 Aug 2004 15:51:27 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by 130.225.247.90 with SMTP; 27 Aug 2004 15:51:27 -0000 Received: (qmail 248 invoked from network); 27 Aug 2004 15:49:29 -0000 Received: from lyta.akte.de (217.160.134.217) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 27 Aug 2004 15:49:27 -0000 Received: (root@lyta.akte.de) by lyta.akte.de id ; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 17:49:12 +0200 KRecCount: 1 KInfo: virscan ok KInfo: NoRelay, NoSpam Received: from condor.int.spiegl.de (pD9E9390F.dip.t-dialin.net [217.233.57.15]) by lyta.akte.de via kasmail (2.9) id ; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 15:49:09 GMT Received: from condor.int.spiegl.de (spiegl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by condor.int.spiegl.de (8.12.11.Beta0/8.12.11.Beta0/Debian-1) with ESMTP id i7RFn5xG027191 for ; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 17:49:06 +0200 Received: (from spiegl@localhost) by condor.int.spiegl.de (8.12.11.Beta0/8.12.11.Beta0/Debian-1) id i7RFn5BW027189 for zsh-users@sunsite.dk; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 17:49:05 +0200 X-Authentication-Warning: condor.int.spiegl.de: spiegl set sender to zsh.Andy@spiegl.de using -f Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 17:49:05 +0200 From: Andy Spiegl To: ZSH User List Subject: how to force scalar to be an array? Message-ID: <20040827154905.GA26846@spiegl.de> Mail-Followup-To: ZSH User List Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-PGP-GPG-Keys: mail -s "send pgp" auto@spiegl.de X-Accepted-File-Formats: ASCII .rtf .ps .pdf - *NO* MS Office files please. X-why-you-shouldnt-use-MS-LookOut: http://www.jensbenecke.de/l-oe-en.php X-warum-man-MS-Outlook-vermeiden-sollte: http://www.jensbenecke.de/l-oe-de.php X-Message-Flag: LookOut! You are using an insecure mail reader which can be used to spread viruses. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 on a.mx.sunsite.dk X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.1 required=6.0 tests=BAYES_01,RCVD_IN_NJABL, RCVD_IN_SORBS autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Hits: 0.1 Sorry, guys, one more question: I've got this: result=`some_proggie` first_word=${${=result}[1]} rest_words=${${=result}[2,-1]} But this works as expected only if result contains more than one word. An example: $ result="foo bar baz" $ print -c ${${=result}[1]} foo $ result="foo" $ print -c ${${=result}[1]} f I also tried this: $ print -c ${${(@)=result}[1]} f What am I doing wrong here? Oh, boy what a day! :-( Andy. -- o _ _ _ ------- __o __o /\_ _ \\o (_)\__/o (_) -o) ----- _`\<,_ _`\<,_ _>(_) (_)/<_ \_| \ _|/' \/ /\\ ---- (_)/ (_) (_)/ (_) (_) (_) (_) (_)' _\o_ _\_v ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Warning: This email, when printed on paper, has sharp edges. Handle with care or serious injury may result.