From: "Lawrence Velázquez" <larryv@zsh.org>
To: "Marc Chantreux" <mc@unistra.fr>, david <zsh@rayninfo.co.uk>
Cc: zsh-users@zsh.org
Subject: Re: if (()){}else{} documented?
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 11:28:14 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <c0856c5a-68fb-4570-bbcb-f0409bb5fe53@www.fastmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YH7w6Sxp0vhhtcYZ@prometheus.u-strasbg.fr>
On Tue, Apr 20, 2021, at 11:19 AM, Marc Chantreux wrote:
> all the following examples works fine there. i'm even surprised about
> this one
>
> > joe(){ [[ $1 > 4 ]] && echo big || echo small }
>
> this is a math expression so i would have written
>
> joe(){ (( $1 > 4 )) && echo big || echo small }
You'd be right because the original version is wrong (unless OP
*wants* lexicographic comparison and just didn't say so).
% joe(){ [[ $1 > 4 ]] && echo big || echo small }
% joe 5
big
% joe 10
small
--
vq
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-04-20 15:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-04-20 14:40 david
2021-04-20 15:19 ` Marc Chantreux
2021-04-20 15:28 ` Lawrence Velázquez [this message]
2021-04-20 15:32 ` Marc Chantreux
2021-04-21 8:46 ` zzapper
2021-04-21 10:41 ` Marc Chantreux
2021-04-21 12:32 ` zzapper
2021-04-21 14:59 ` Marc Chantreux
2021-04-21 15:01 ` Marc Chantreux
2021-04-21 13:57 ` Bart Schaefer
2021-04-20 15:33 ` Lawrence Velázquez
2021-04-21 9:16 ` zzapper
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