From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 16140 invoked from network); 20 Oct 2004 19:54:48 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 20 Oct 2004 19:54:48 -0000 Received: (qmail 28997 invoked from network); 20 Oct 2004 19:54:41 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 20 Oct 2004 19:54:41 -0000 Received: (qmail 28876 invoked by alias); 20 Oct 2004 19:54:33 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 8082 Received: (qmail 28863 invoked from network); 20 Oct 2004 19:54:32 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 20 Oct 2004 19:54:32 -0000 Received: (qmail 27734 invoked from network); 20 Oct 2004 19:53:48 -0000 Received: from mxfep01.bredband.com (195.54.107.70) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 20 Oct 2004 19:53:47 -0000 Received: from puritan.pcp.ath.cx ([213.112.43.197] [213.112.43.197]) by mxfep01.bredband.com with ESMTP id <20041020195346.DNFK18265.mxfep01.bredband.com@puritan.pcp.ath.cx> for ; Wed, 20 Oct 2004 21:53:46 +0200 Received: by puritan.pcp.ath.cx (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7FE95AE041; Wed, 20 Oct 2004 21:53:48 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 21:53:48 +0200 From: Nikolai Weibull To: zsh-users@sunsite.dk Subject: Associative Arrays Message-ID: <20041020195348.GJ11322@puritan.pcp.ath.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 on a.mx.sunsite.dk X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.5 required=6.0 tests=RCVD_IN_SORBS autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Hits: 1.5 I'm have a few questions regarding associative arrays. What exactly is the A flag for parameter expansion for? I mean, how does one use it, and how does one use the AA flag? Is there any way to pass an associative array as ONE argument to a function and easily deal with it as the same associative array in the other function? The easiest way seems to be the "pass-by-reference" technique, where one simply passes the name of the array and then use the P flag to deal with it. nikolai -- ::: name: Nikolai Weibull :: aliases: pcp / lone-star / aka ::: ::: born: Chicago, IL USA :: loc atm: Gothenburg, Sweden ::: ::: page: www.pcppopper.org :: fun atm: gf,lps,ruby,lisp,war3 ::: main(){printf(&linux["\021%six\012\0"],(linux)["have"]+"fun"-97);}