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From: Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@gmail.com>
To: Pier Paolo Grassi <pierpaolog@gmail.com>
Cc: Zsh-Users List <zsh-users@zsh.org>
Subject: Re: indirect assignment to array
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 01:13:15 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHYJk3TmiNicTrwem6iRxKMxdNT5-ZB8W8vT5Gc=t7DrbPfBdQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAP+y1xCb3NJn8BRsuwpO6XVgzAtGsBvP870M5na3mAH+CwJ_OA@mail.gmail.com>

On 4/16/20, Pier Paolo Grassi <pierpaolog@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, I'm trying to assign the content of an array to another which name
> is contained in a variable
> What I tried:
>
> varname=newarray
> typeset -a array=(1 2 3)
> typeset -a $varname=($array)
>
> but I get an
> zsh: bad pattern: newarray=(1
>
> are there other methods to do indirect assignment that allow me to do this?

: ${(PA)varname::=$array}
(leave out the A for scalar assignment, and use AA for assoc arrays).

-- 
Mikael Magnusson

  reply	other threads:[~2020-04-15 23:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-04-15 23:01 Pier Paolo Grassi
2020-04-15 23:13 ` Mikael Magnusson [this message]
2020-04-15 23:42   ` Pier Paolo Grassi
2020-04-15 23:54     ` Bart Schaefer
2020-04-16  0:05       ` Pier Paolo Grassi
2020-04-16  0:12         ` Bart Schaefer
2020-04-16 16:02           ` Pier Paolo Grassi
2020-04-16 16:28   ` Sebastian Gniazdowski
2020-04-16 18:04     ` Pier Paolo Grassi
     [not found]     ` <CAP+y1xDa=fUvaP=gwbawRmcfwjq0ZH1KEnt=wTX4zOKaT4mzyQ__13411.9792653777$1587060411$gmane$org@mail.gmail.com>
2020-04-16 20:24       ` read -r and bad surprises (Was: indirect assignment to array) Stephane Chazelas
2020-04-16 21:06         ` Pier Paolo Grassi
     [not found]   ` <CAP+y1xAG3ayQNE3JqeF_YOT5FZ9pLiUAF5TmPVoOv+nPyjK30A__22203.4378488146$1586994256$gmane$org@mail.gmail.com>
2020-04-16 16:30     ` indirect assignment to array Stephane Chazelas
2020-04-16 16:37       ` Pier Paolo Grassi
2020-04-16 17:37         ` Bart Schaefer
2020-04-16 17:43           ` Pier Paolo Grassi

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