From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: from zero.zsh.org (zero.zsh.org [IPv6:2a02:898:31:0:48:4558:7a:7368]) by inbox.vuxu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E21422607 for ; Sun, 14 Apr 2024 05:50:16 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=zsh.org; s=rsa-20210803; h=List-Archive:List-Owner:List-Post:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Help:List-Id:Sender:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-Type:Subject:To:From:Date:References:In-Reply-To:Message-Id: MIME-Version:Reply-To:Cc:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID; bh=cX5uW+ZCW0h2nMxfqSTeUN0JfTfH/B/SLEeqjj73hGs=; b=gOFYZYlKiA/plyQ7MeuzabHQNF GZ7cljbKUV5L4XxmOmyJaxpQAmuwutJzi+SgnEIXGfDThiNM73LiK1owiF6EVCYuQode2zdb9W2/s WnRIuFRQErz1jF3139e8ugy+ArY9oejIJRzsXq/3xDnT6vRliYO6vfe/Q065Nb4npc4uiVs0xpd6/ H04X3/4tPSMin2F+PL1gZdgMBzLaEhtZpRevRoa7dKTdZIcSJ/iuacpzrzmcJq64ZAnnwhW9HhdvM X7ZkwDmW02HgVdWUduVO4YsThe28LRchGZ7YmJgRH4mBATQKlnn8goEuPLMZAgGMRjKVmIST2qAoP 5IH2hYiw==; Received: by zero.zsh.org with local id 1rvqsi-000K43-MS; Sun, 14 Apr 2024 03:50:16 +0000 Received: by zero.zsh.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) id 1rvqs8-000JKz-1o; Sun, 14 Apr 2024 03:49:40 +0000 Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.nyi.internal [10.202.2.46]) by mailfauth.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 643A01200043 for ; Sat, 13 Apr 2024 23:49:38 -0400 (EDT) Received: from imap48 ([10.202.2.98]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Sat, 13 Apr 2024 23:49:38 -0400 X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvledrudeikedgvdelucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucenucfjughrpefofgggkfgjfhffhffvufgtgfesth hqredtreerjeenucfhrhhomhepnfgrfihrvghntggvucggvghljoiiqhhuvgiiuceolhgr rhhrhihvseiishhhrdhorhhgqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpefgffeghfehjeegtdeitd evgeehgeehjeefffeffeefieeguedvtdegtdetudeufeenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigv pedtnecurfgrrhgrmhepmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpehlrghrrhihvhdomhgvshhmthhprghuth hhphgvrhhsohhnrghlihhthidqudduhedukeejjedtgedqudduledvjeefkeehqdhlrghr rhihvheppeiishhhrdhorhhgsehfrghsthhmrghilhdrtghomh X-ME-Proxy: Feedback-ID: iaa214773:Fastmail Received: by mailuser.nyi.internal (Postfix, from userid 501) id 16FFF31A0065; Sat, 13 Apr 2024 23:49:37 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface User-Agent: Cyrus-JMAP/3.11.0-alpha0-379-gabd37849b7-fm-20240408.001-gabd37849 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <4a1e027c-a9d8-4306-bf3b-e1282914644c@app.fastmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9416dc0a-3e41-4229-a9e1-239411ab3c17@eastlink.ca> References: <97793422-1543-4ba6-b52b-ff93eba03ab1@eastlink.ca> <7ba17739-6024-439b-a4a7-dd88fddfa2e4@eastlink.ca> <7333cf23-1fe7-4b3d-a7c1-f07697c5f062@eastlink.ca> <1e53a3f7-9bdb-45ae-81c7-7d0ec1a6a541@app.fastmail.com> <3cc19e86-e953-4e2f-9e57-30ff84f15fdf@eastlink.ca> <0a0b9ec3-4661-4386-9fbf-b3152a46001e@eastlink.ca> <9416dc0a-3e41-4229-a9e1-239411ab3c17@eastlink.ca> Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2024 23:49:11 -0400 From: =?UTF-8?Q?Lawrence_Vel=C3=A1zquez?= To: zsh-users@zsh.org Subject: Re: triviality regarding $# counts Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Seq: 29816 Archived-At: X-Loop: zsh-users@zsh.org Errors-To: zsh-users-owner@zsh.org Precedence: list Precedence: bulk Sender: zsh-users-request@zsh.org X-no-archive: yes List-Id: List-Help: , List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: On Sat, Apr 13, 2024, at 11:26 PM, Ray Andrews wrote: > On 2024-04-13 17:30, Lawrence Vel=C3=A1zquez wrote: >> A different output method should make this clearer:=20 > Yes, thanks. Up till now I've basically ignored $* completely. In a sense, you've been using it all along. Given an array "arr", $arr is the same as $arr[*] (by default), which is why double-quoting it produces a single word. % arr=3D(a '' b 'c d' '' e) % printf '<%s>' $arr; echo % printf '<%s>' $arr[*]; echo % printf '<%s>' $arr[@]; echo % printf '<%s>' ${(@)arr}; echo % printf '<%s>' "$arr"; echo % printf '<%s>' "$arr[*]"; echo % printf '<%s>' "$arr[@]"; echo <><> % printf '<%s>' "${(@)arr}"; echo <><> --=20 vq