Re: joining array elements

[Wataru Kagawa <wkagawa@jota.gsc.riken.go.jp>]

I noticed that to get the joining to work, I have to unset the  
'globsubst' option.

Wataru Kagawa


On 2006/01/12, at 10:59, Wataru Kagawa wrote:

> Hi Bart,
>
> When I removed the backslashes, I have no output.  Could this  
> problem be related to the Zsh options I have set in my  
> environment?  I have the following options set (or unset).
>
> 	setopt                         \
> 			auto_pushd             \
> 		 NO_beep                   \
> 			brace_ccl              \
> 		 NO_cdable_vars            \
> 		 NO_clobber                \
> 			complete_in_word       \
> 			correct_all            \
> 			extended_glob          \
> 			glob_complete          \
> 			glob_subst             \
> 			hist_allow_clobber     \
> 			hist_reduce_blanks     \
> 		 NO_hup                    \
> 			ignore_eof             \
> 			interactive_comments   \
> 		 NO_list_ambiguous         \
> 			local_options          \
> 			local_traps            \
> 			long_list_jobs         \
> 			magic_equal_subst      \
> 			null_glob              \
> 			path_dirs              \
> 			posix_builtins         \
> 			print_eight_bit        \
> 			pushd_ignore_dups      \
> 			pushd_minus            \
> 			pushd_to_home          \
> 			rc_expand_param        \
> 		 NO_sh_in_stdin            \
> 			share_history          \
>
>
> I appreciate your help very much.
>
> Wataru Kagawa
>
>
> On 2006/01/12, at 10:41, Bart Schaefer wrote:
>
>> On Jan 12, 10:22am, Wataru Kagawa wrote:
>> }
>> } Bob[return]Sara[return]Tim
>> }
>> } as an output (without the backslashes in front of the square
>> } brackets).  I started out with,
>> }
>> } echo ${(j:\[return\]:)usernames}
>> }
>> } and added extra backslashes, but that did not work for me.  Help is
>> } greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Did you try *removing* the backslashes?  This works fine for me:
>>
>> echo ${(j:[return]:)usernames}
>>
>> Also keep in mind that "echo" might be doing some conversions of its
>> own if you have anything unusual in $usernames -- you might be better
>> off with e.g.
>>
>> print -R -- ${(j:[return]:)usernames}
>