From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
To: Vincent Bernat <bernat@luffy.cx>
Cc: Zsh Users <zsh-users@zsh.org>
Subject: Re: (z) expansion flag do not always return an array
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2021 11:43:34 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAH+w=7Y=4bbei-QGtSifR7CKk2qkLDpXgj_tgO8zT6sDdUUWaQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3k0grdlls.fsf@luffy.cx>
On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 7:31 AM Vincent Bernat <bernat@luffy.cx> wrote:
>
> 16:29 ❱ print -l ${${(Az)${:-word1}}[1]}
> word1
>
> But older versions of Zsh does not have that. Is there another way?
The only way I can come up with is to append a dummy extra element; instead of
${${(z)something}[1]}
use
${${(z)${:-$something \\}}[1]}
prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-11-29 19:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-11-29 15:31 Vincent Bernat
2021-11-29 16:34 ` Roman Perepelitsa
2021-11-29 17:44 ` Vincent Bernat
2021-11-29 16:50 ` Lawrence Velázquez
2021-11-29 17:03 ` Peter Stephenson
2021-11-29 17:43 ` Vincent Bernat
2021-11-29 17:45 ` Bart Schaefer
2021-11-29 19:43 ` Bart Schaefer [this message]
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