On 2024-01-10 13:11, Bart Schaefer wrote:
> Yes, you could avoid temp with
>    set -A "${${(P)1}[pages]}[2]" 50
>    set -A "${${(P)1}[pages]}[3]" 100
>    set -A "${${(P)1}[pages]}[4]" 150
>
> but that's not as clear or easily maintainable.  You could also do
Agreed.  If I won't have a clue what I was doing in six months then KISS 
is best.
>    temp=${${(P)1}[pages]}  # Note one less (P) and not an array
>    set -A "${temp}[2]" 50
>    set -A "${temp}[3]" 100
>    set -A "${temp}[4]" 150
Once I have this running -- the real function -- I'll try that.
> or even
>
>    set -A "${temp}[2,4]" 50 100 150

No, because in the real function there's work to determine what the 
values will be, they can't be assigned ahead of time.