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From: Vincent Bernat <bernat@luffy.cx>
To: Roman Perepelitsa <roman.perepelitsa@gmail.com>
Cc: Zsh Users <zsh-users@zsh.org>
Subject: Re: (z) expansion flag do not always return an array
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2021 18:44:18 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3bl22eu19.fsf@luffy.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAN=4vMpHw6m23qLyy3kurDgXvs1nRW6XAs3FEUQc7wX-Jpzysw@mail.gmail.com> (Roman Perepelitsa's message of "Mon, 29 Nov 2021 17:34:14 +0100")

 ❦ 29 November 2021 17:34 +01, Roman Perepelitsa:

>> Is there an easy way to know if something is an array or a string?
>> I am  using subscripting for that but maybe there are better ways.
>
> If you had a parameter, you could use ${(t)foo} or $parameters[foo] to
> find its type. However, if you had a parameter you wouldn't have this
> problem to begin with.

Thanks for the tips!

>   foo=(${(z)...})
>
> Here foo is always an array.

Yes, that's what I have done.
-- 
Let the machine do the dirty work.
            - The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plauger)


  reply	other threads:[~2021-11-29 17:52 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 [this message]
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

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