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From: Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 01:13:15 +0200
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Subject: Re: indirect assignment to array
To: Pier Paolo Grassi <pierpaolog@gmail.com>
Cc: Zsh-Users List <zsh-users@zsh.org>
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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