From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23143 invoked from network); 20 May 2006 22:59:27 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.1 (2006-03-10) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FORGED_RCVD_HELO autolearn=ham version=3.1.1 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 20 May 2006 22:59:27 -0000 Received: (qmail 86398 invoked from network); 20 May 2006 22:59:18 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 20 May 2006 22:59:18 -0000 Received: (qmail 25372 invoked by alias); 20 May 2006 22:59:09 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 10288 Received: (qmail 24698 invoked from network); 20 May 2006 22:52:28 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 20 May 2006 22:52:27 -0000 Received: (qmail 81903 invoked from network); 20 May 2006 22:52:27 -0000 Received: from snaefell.rhi.hi.is (130.208.165.28) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 20 May 2006 22:52:26 -0000 Received: from jin.myrkraverk.com (a048.nemendur.hi.is [130.208.188.48]) by snaefell.rhi.hi.is (8.13.6/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k4KMqJwm002194 for ; Sat, 20 May 2006 22:52:19 GMT Received: from jin.myrkraverk.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by jin.myrkraverk.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k4KNCMt2020172 for ; Sat, 20 May 2006 23:12:22 GMT Received: (from myrkraverk@localhost) by jin.myrkraverk.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id k4KNCM1m020171; Sat, 20 May 2006 23:12:22 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: jin.myrkraverk.com: myrkraverk set sender to myrkraverk@yahoo.com using -f To: zsh-users@sunsite.dk Subject: Re: Brace expansion from arrays? References: <20060520214522.GA28889@scowler.net> From: "Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson" Date: Sat, 20 May 2006 23:12:22 +0000 In-Reply-To: <20060520214522.GA28889@scowler.net> (Clint Adams's message of "Sat, 20 May 2006 17:45:22 -0400") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) XEmacs/21.4 (Security Through Obscurity, linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Clint Adams writes: >> a=(stuff to expand) >> print {$a}to >> >> would output "stuffto toto expandto" > > print ${^a}to In that case, is it too much to ask to reference that in the chapter about BRACE EXPANSION in the man page? That is, would it make sense to have the following as the last paragraph in it: See ${^spec} in PARAMETER EXPANSION for similar expansion of arrays. Johann -- johann myrkraverk com (you know the drill with the @ and .) I classify Outlook mail as spam, use something else.